TASTES LIKE HOME
Baamkuch is reserved for life’s major occasions, and it has a special place in every Luxembourger’s heart. I had a big one for my first Holy Communion and it’s the most popular wedding cake. When my parents tied the knot it was served crowned, in the timehonoured manner, with a hazelnut brittle (see above right). The name translates as ‘tree-cake’ because, when the classic log-shaped version is cut open, you see the baked rings like the rings of a tree trunk.