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The Duke’s Kiss

Beso del Duque

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Preparation info
  • Makes one 13-x-9 inch cake (

    10–12

    servings)
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Zarela's Veracruz: Mexico's Simplest Cuisine

By Zarela Martínez

Published 2001

  • About

Who was the duke, and whom was he kissing? Spanish and Mexican desserts tend to leave you scratching your head over the meaning of their titles, but you can guess that it was a very sweet kiss. Egg-based sweetmeats and cakes bathed in perfumed sugar syrups are part of the Moorish tradition that came from Spain to Latin America and still exists in Mexico to some extent. Beso del duque is one of the most unusual members of the large tribe. The basic cake reminds me a little of a

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