| Joffre cake | |
| Country: | Romania |
| Region: | Bucharest |
| Creator: | Casa Capșa |
| Course: | Dessert |
| Type: | Cake |
| Main Ingredient: | Buttermilk, chocolate, buttercream |
A Joffre cake (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: prăjitură jofre)[1] is a chocolate buttermilk layer cake filled with chocolate ganache and frosted with chocolate buttercream originally created at Bucharest's Casa Capșa restaurant, in honor of a visit by French Marshal Joseph Joffre, shortly after World War I.[2] The cake is said to have been devised so as to be suitable for diabetics, as Joffre was diabetic.[3] The cylindrical shape suggests the French military cap.[3]