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Cakes and Pastry: Genoese

Pâtisserie génoise is Genoese pastry.

Gâteau génoise aux abricots is a cake of Genoese paste cut in slices, spread with apricot marma lade, and put together again; covered with the marmalade, and served with whipped Little shapes or cakes made of this paste decorated with pink and white icing are called Génoises glacés à l'Italienne. cream.

As Génoises aux amandes, they are masked with meringue mixture, and sprinkled with chopped almonds, etc.

Génoise aux confitures is a thin piece spread with jam and rolled. This is known as a Swiss roll, and is sometimes called Cannelon à la Suisse.

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