Postre Balcarce

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

This Argentinian dessert is a luscious combination of sponge cake, whipped cream, almond paste, dulce de leche, meringue, walnuts, and candied chestnuts, while the top is dusted with powdered sugar and coconut. Created in 1958, the cake was invented by a pastry chef at a small pastry shop in Balcarce. The owner Guillermo Talou eventually opened Comoantes – another pastry shop which still operates and sells this traditional cake following the original recipe. Interestingly, Talou sold the recipe to a pastry shop from Mar del Plata, where they gave the cake its current name.