What do you think the most popular dessert is in Canada? I see a listing that says Nanaimo Bars. That gives you an idea of how much bad information is on the internet. Or maybe that's misinformation - a plot to demean Canada with a very pedestrian "square".
So I found my way to Vikrant Singh's slide show of the top desserts. Apple pie is presented first, then Tiramisu, Baklava, Creme Brûlée, Cheesecake, Creme Brûlée, Panna Cotta, then an ad, then click to keep going to a Flan, Gulab Jamun, and a few more.
But that all doesn't make sense with the front picture a tall layer cake, stacked like a wedding cake, and yet cake seems to me to be extraordinarily popular.
And where is ice cream and gelato? What about chocolate something? Those two alone make all of the articles suspect.
The most eaten desserts are ice cream, cookies and chocolate - that's from an American survey. There doesn't seem to be much chocolate represented in the dessert listings. This is some sort of blind spot, given the great love for chocolate. That is 73 million metric tons yearly. The average American consumes 9.5 pounds annually. Look at the Swiss - they consumer 19.8 pounds per person a year.
There are some yummy looking candidates as one asks various questions. What about Georgia Peach Pie with Bourbon Whipped Cream. Double Chocolate Bundt Cake with Ganache Glaze? These desserts are presented by Food and Wine with all the words capitalized as though they are writing in German.
That's the old world, though. We're coming up to the new world with themed 3D cakes and plant-based cakes and desserts. I saw something called a cronut - a combination of croissant and donut.
For this picture I had to become acquainted with brushes in Photoshop to make the dark edges around the petals. What a lot of brushes!
