Roze koek icing is changed to orange (the national colour of The Netherlands), and at Easter time the icing is yellow. Roze koek A roze koek ("pink cake") is a typical Dutch pastry. It consists of a small flat cake with a layer of pink fondant icing. The best-known brand is Glacé. In the city of Amsterdam, the cakes are sometimes referred to as "moesselientjes" ("little Mussolinis"); this name, which is the Dutch adaptation of Benito Mussolini's name, is rooted in the cake's tradition of being sold in Italian ice-cream parlours in Amsterdam prior to the Second World War. On occasion the
Opera cake Opera cake Opera cake () is a French cake. It is made with layers of almond sponge cake (known as "" in French) soaked in coffee syrup, layered with ganache and coffee (or ) buttercream, and covered in a chocolate glaze. According to ', " is an elaborate almond sponge cake with a coffee and chocolate filling and icing." The cake was popularized by the French house , but its origin is unclear. One creator-claimant, at in 1955 is , grandfather to , current co-president, and named by his wife after the . Gaston Lenôtre (1920 - 2009) also claimed