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Another inspiration for the Louisiana Russian Cake may have been the Charlotte à la Russe, a popular dessert in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which a cake mold was lined with stale bread or cake then filled with cream or trifle and set with a layer of gelatin. À la Russe, of course, means “in the Russian style.”
Haydel’s Bakery also is known for its Russian cake. Here’s what the famous bakery has to say about the origins of the dessert: An old-fashioned favorite. The cake dates back to 1872 when the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia visited New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
You can order Russian cake by the slice or in its entirety (for $63) at this New Orleans shop that’s also famous for its king cake. Baum’s Russian rum cake is wonderful.
The cake scraps, along with two glassfuls of jelly, four and a half cups of sugar, a bit of rum, and two boxes of white cake mix, yielded a 21-pound Russian cake. Sometimes (only sometimes), there really can be too much of a sweet thing.
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