Mont Blanc (dessert) in France in the 17th century, around 1620. Originally Mont Blancs were yellow, from using chestnuts sweetened through a pickling process. In Japan, sometimes pumpkin, squash, and purple yam are used instead of chestnuts, and along with chestnuts, sometimes cocoa or matcha are added. There are also fruit Mont Blanc, with flavors like mango and strawberry. Mont Blanc (dessert) A Mont Blanc (or "Mont-Blanc aux marrons") is a dessert of puréed, sweetened chestnuts topped with a dab of whipped cream. The name comes from Mont Blanc, as it resembles a snow-capped mountain. The Mont Blanc is popular in France, Italy,
Duff (dessert) Duff (dessert) Duff is a Bahamian cuisine dessert dish made with fruit (especially guava) in a dough. Fruit is folded into the dough and boiled, then served with a sauce. Ingredients include fruit, butter, sugar, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, flour, rum, pepper, and baking powder. Duff is also an English term for "pudding". Examples are "Christmas duff", "plum duff" and "suet duff". In the 1901 short story by Henry Lawson, "The Ghosts of Many Christmases", published in "Children of the Bush", plum pudding is referred to both as "pudding" and "duff": The storekeeper had sent them an unbroken case of