Marjolaine of Chicken Livers

And another one. I have no idea how the French word for marjoram should come to signify a sweet confection of alternate layers of pastry and buttercream, and by extension a savoury one too – perhaps it has something to do with ‘Les compagnons de la marjolaine’ . . .? – but in its sweet form it can be awesomely delicious as only something with about a thousand calories a slice can be.

In its sweet form it’s another of those puds – like the chocolate marquise or the fruit charlotte –