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Italian nougat house Chromolithograph by A. Pralon, designed by E. Ronjat From Le livre de pâtisserie, by Jules Gouffé, 1873 Bibliothèque nationale de France |
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A highly complex cake,
belonging to the tradition of the nineteenth-century pièce montée,
where confectionery is treated as architecture. The text describes a
disciplined method of construction using nougat, sugar paste, and
templates, much as one would assemble a small building. Such works
were centrepieces for formal tables, valued as demonstrations of
craft and training rather than everyday sweets. |
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