“Cake Me Away,” a celebration of desserts on the Holland America Line fleet, features pastry chefs showcasing their favorite creations. This new event, which will begin around National Cake Day on November 26, 2023, features more than 22 five-tier cakes in 16 delicious flavors. The pastry team also created mini cakes that will be added to desserts at Lido Market’s Sweet Spot.
“Our pastry team includes some of the most talented chefs in the world, and Cake Me Away allows us to bring our guests the flavors of their home countries,” said Michael Stendebach, vice president of catering, beverages and guest services at Holland America Line. . “The culinary team is constantly developing new ideas and Cake Me Away gives them the opportunity to share their favorites and introduce new and original cakes for our guests to enjoy.”
MORE ABOUT THE EVENT
“Cake Me Away” occurs once on seven-day cruises and several times on longer cruises at Lido Market. Guests will delight in popular flavors and cake creations, such as Heaven and Hell Cake, a combination of angel and devil’s food cakes topped with peanut butter frosting.
LEARN MORE ABOUT PASTRY CHEFS
At Cake Me Away, 198 pastry chefs and kitchen assistants come together, each infusing their local tastes and recipes into the event. Before joining the Holland America Line fleet, these chefs complete exclusive pastry training offered only by Holland America Line. After completing their training, they join one of the 11 ships in the fleet, where they work as part of a pastry team. On each ship, these teams prepare a range of 25 to 30 different desserts and up to 1,000 cookies per day.
AVAILABLE FLAVORS
Cake Me Away flavors include:
Thousand pancake cake has layers of cream and crepes.
Heaven and Hell Cake with layers of angel and devil’s food cake topped with peanut butter frosting.
Concord Cake is a gluten-free option made with chocolate meringue.
Almond Roca Cake contains layers of chocolate cake with chocolate ganache, whipped cream and homemade almond roca (a hard caramel with chopped nuts and chocolate).
Cake without rival layers of buttercream, meringue and chopped cashews.
Carrot cake with warm spices, chopped nuts and cream cheese frosting.
Cookies and cream cake alternate layers of cake and crushed chocolate cookies.
Creme Brulee Cake takes inspiration from the classic French dessert with vanilla cake, creamy custard and crème pâtissière.
Mini pot cakes Flavors:
Black Forest: devil’s food cake covered with kirsch icing and cherry compote, topped with chocolate shavings and a cherry.
Carrot cake: traditional carrot cake covered in cream cheese frosting, topped with toasted and chopped walnuts.
Cookies and Cream: devil’s food cake topped with cream cheese frosting and Oreo cookies.
Key lime pie: lime filling baked on a graham cracker crust, then topped with whipped cream and candied lime zest.
Red velvet: layers of red velvet cake, chocolate buttercream and cream cheese frosting topped with red velvet crumbs and white chocolate shavings.
S’mores: layers of graham cracker crumbs, devil’s food cake crumbs, boiled frosting and chocolate mousse with flambé frosting.
Strawberry Pavlova: chopped meringue topped with white mousse, fresh strawberries, strawberry sauce and chopped meringue.
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