the most beautiful baked dessert: sachertorte

[selinker]

Comments

[girafeduflamme]

Man, I've been missing the "most beautifuls!" Tough to argue with your final selection or other contenders, although to my mind pecan or pumpkin pies are more american than apple pie.

[selinker]

Excellent point. As you may have guessed, it took some hard evaluation on the "which is the best pie" question. The pumpkin pie is my favorite fall dessert, though the Boston cream pie is a major player, and the French silk pie knocks my socks off. I think the apple pie takes it because of the great things you can do with the crust, but in general, pie = awesome.

[girafeduflamme]

No doubt about it.

[cramerica]

The Pavlova is a strong contender for us meringue-heads.

[selinker]

Eating a pav is like swimming in quicksand. But in a good way.

[rubrick]

Um... seventeen centuries? My, how time flies!

Good to have you back, though!

[selinker]

Vienna's 1832 is our 1974.

Also, fixed. Stupid metric centuries.

[jasmine_rosalee]

I totally ate sachertorte from that hotel last year. We went there especially and I have pictures that look almost identical to the ones above! It was delicious, of course :D

[selinker]

You have pictures of my dad? Weird.

[jasmine_rosalee]

Ahaha no, they're of me. I promise I don't have any of your Dad, that would be weird...

[selinker]

It took less than 24 hours for the Other Contenders list to be introduced to a brand new world-class contender. Hurmašice (pronounced "her-ma-JHEEK") is a Bosnian syrup-drenched walnut pastry I had for the first time tonight. And for every night here thereafter, if I can help it.