Tortoff «Legend of Kyiv» Cake with Peanuts 850g

Crisp nut-meringue layers, soft buttercream, roasted peanuts throughout.

UKRAINE   ·   TORTOFF   ·   850 g

What it is

Kyiv’s most famous cake, in the peanut version — the original nut of the recipe, and still the one most people picture. Baked nut-meringue layers are set with a soft buttercream, and the round is finished with chocolate cream piped in the chestnut-leaf pattern the cake has carried since Soviet-era Kyiv, the chestnut being the city’s emblem. The layers stay crisp against the cream rather than softening, with roasted peanuts running right through them.

It arrives frozen in its printed round box — look for the pale green lid, which is how Tortoff distinguishes the peanut version from the hazelnut one. Thaw it slowly in the fridge, several hours or overnight, then let it stand a little at room temperature so the buttercream loosens. An 850 g round cuts comfortably into ten or twelve slices, and it wants nothing more than black coffee or unsweetened tea alongside.

Ingredients

Sugar, butter (cream butter), egg white, roasted crushed peanut kernels 11.7%, premium wheat flour, whole condensed milk with sugar (whole cow’s milk, sugar (not less than 43.5%), milk sugar (lactose)), powdered sugar, low-fat cocoa powder (10–12%), brandy (3-year aged wine distillate, drinking water, sugar syrup, colouring plain caramel (E150a)), gelling agent gelatine, dessert wine, vanilla essence (rectified ethyl alcohol, drinking water, flavouring vanillin (vanillin, ethyl vanillin)), preservative sorbic acid (E200), acidity regulator citric acid (E330); natural food colourings: carmine (water, solvent propylene glycol (E1520), colouring carmine (E120)), turmeric (emulsifier polysorbate 80 (E433), solvent propylene glycol (E1520), colouring curcumin (E100), drinking water); flavouring orange, synthetic food colouring brilliant blue FCF (E133).

Manufacturer’s declaration, as printed on the pack.

Nutrition (per 100 g)

Manufacturer’s declared values, read from the pack panel.

Allergens & storage

Contains peanuts. Also contains cereals containing gluten (wheat), milk and egg.

Contains alcohol — brandy, dessert wine and vanilla essence are all part of the recipe. Contains gelatine, and the colour carmine (E120) is of insect origin, so this cake is not suitable for vegetarians or vegans.

Keep frozen at −18 °C. Do not refreeze once thawed. Thaw in the fridge for several hours or overnight, then serve. Once thawed, keep chilled and eat within 24–48 hours.

Net weight: 850 g  ·  Made in: Ukraine  ·  Brand: Tortoff

Thaw it slowly, cut it generously — the layers hold their crunch either way.