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Let Them Eat Dessert! Trivia Quiz

I'm making a whole range of desserts, but I do need some help!

A multiple-choice quiz by jess1506. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
jess1506

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
357,535

Updated
Dec 17 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1263

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Question 1 of 10

1. I'm making a banoffee pie. It has caramel, cream and chocolate and a type of fruit on top. What kind of fruit tops a banoffee pie? Hint

Banana

Apple

Strawberry

Peach

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Question 2 of 10

2. ANZAC biscuits are an Australian specialty, baked on 25th April to remember the Australian and New Zealand soldiers. What is one essential ingredient in baking that ANZAC biscuits lack? Hint

Butter

Flour

Eggs

Sugar

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Question 3 of 10

3. I'm making a red velvet cake now. The colour is a vibrant red, but what is usually the flavour of a red velvet cake? Hint

Chocolate

Strawberry

Vanilla

Raspberry

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Question 4 of 10

4. I'm baking some choc chip cookies now! Ruth Graves Wakefield is credited as the inventor of these cookies. But to what sweet company did Ruth sell her recipe to? Hint

Ghirardelli

Cadbury

Nestl�

Lindt

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Question 5 of 10

5. I'm baking a sponge cake now, but I've accidentally left out the ingredient that makes my sponge nice and aerated. What have I forgotten? Remember that I am in the UK. Hint

Sugar

Cornflour

Milk

Baking powder

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Question 6 of 10

6. I'm making kurabia, which are Armenian butter cookies. What holiday are they usually served at? Hint

Festivus

Christmas

Halloween

Groundhog Day

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Question 7 of 10

7. Brush up on your Italian! I'm making "Brutti ma Buoni" biscuits. These Italian delicacies, are nutty biscuits. What do they roughly translate to in English? Hint

Ugly but Yummy

Bitter and Sweet

Brown and Yellow

Ugly but Good

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Question 8 of 10

8. I'm making panna cotta, and the gelatin won't do what I want it to do! What's the main role of gelatin in cooking? Hint

It gives the mixture a sweeter flavour.

It solidifies the mixture.

It prevents curdling.

It speeds up the cooking process.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Pear is the most common fruit in a Tarte Tatin. True or False?

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. This is one of the hardest desserts ever. It's a cherpumple - 3 pies baked in 3 cakes all in one! Phew! What does the word cherpumple represent? Hint

Cherry, Pumpkin and Strawberry pie

Cherry, Pumpkin and Caramel Pie

Cherry, Pumpkin and Apple pie

Cherry, Pumpkin and Pecan pie

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. I'm making a banoffee pie. It has caramel, cream and chocolate and a type of fruit on top. What kind of fruit tops a banoffee pie?

Answer: Banana

A banoffee pie is a pastry-based pie with caramel, and a layer of cream. The toppings are sliced bananas and shaved/grated chocolate. The dessert originated in England.

2. ANZAC biscuits are an Australian specialty, baked on 25th April to remember the Australian and New Zealand soldiers. What is one essential ingredient in baking that ANZAC biscuits lack?

Answer: Eggs

ANZAC biscuits are biscuits made from golden syrup, oats, coconut, flour, sugar and butter. They do not spoil easily, and they do not contain eggs because it is said that eggs were quite rare during WW1.

3. I'm making a red velvet cake now. The colour is a vibrant red, but what is usually the flavour of a red velvet cake?

Answer: Chocolate

Red velvet cake is basically a chocolate cake with cream cheese layers dyed red. When you are baking a red velvet cake, it is best to use food colouring gel, not the liquid kind, to get an intense, red colour.

4. I'm baking some choc chip cookies now! Ruth Graves Wakefield is credited as the inventor of these cookies. But to what sweet company did Ruth sell her recipe to?

Answer: Nestl�

Ruth Graves Wakefield is credited as being the inventor of chocolate chip cookies. Ruth sold her recipe to Nestl� in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate!

5. I'm baking a sponge cake now, but I've accidentally left out the ingredient that makes my sponge nice and aerated. What have I forgotten? Remember that I am in the UK.

Answer: Baking powder

Sponge cake is a normal cake with baking powder to aerate the cake. The Victoria Sponge is the most common type of sponge, with layers or jam and cream in the cake. Victoria Sponge is named after Queen Victoria.

6. I'm making kurabia, which are Armenian butter cookies. What holiday are they usually served at?

Answer: Christmas

Kurabia are Armenian butter cookies that are served at Christmas. They taste like sugar cookies. There are several spellings depending on which country the Armenians went to in the diaspora.

7. Brush up on your Italian! I'm making "Brutti ma Buoni" biscuits. These Italian delicacies, are nutty biscuits. What do they roughly translate to in English?

Answer: Ugly but Good

Brutti ma Buoni are Tuscan biscuits featuring almonds, hazelnuts and pine nuts, and occasionally, alcohol such as Grand Marnier. The biscuits are renowned for being quite chewy.

8. I'm making panna cotta, and the gelatin won't do what I want it to do! What's the main role of gelatin in cooking?

Answer: It solidifies the mixture.

Panna Cotta is an Italian dessert that translates to 'cooked cream'. It's basically a mixture of cream, sugar and milk mixed with gelatin to form a opaque-like jelly. Gelatin is a thickening agent and is used to solidify the panna cotta mixture.

9. Pear is the most common fruit in a Tarte Tatin. True or False?

Answer: False

Tarte Tatin is an upside down tart that frequently uses apples. The apples are caramelized before the tart is baked, resulting in a gorgeous tart! The dessert is of French origin.

10. This is one of the hardest desserts ever. It's a cherpumple - 3 pies baked in 3 cakes all in one! Phew! What does the word cherpumple represent?

Answer: Cherry, Pumpkin and Apple pie

A fairly recent culinary invention, a cherpumple is an apple pie baked in spice cake, pumpkin pie in yellow cake and the cherry pie in a white cake. Wow! The cake usually takes up to 3 days to make.

Source: Author jess1506

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