If you're tired of cake for your birthday, try these 5 types of cake instead.

Pound bread with a delicious buttery aroma.

A pound cake is often confused with a regular sponge cake, but in fact, they have a completely different texture.

While sponge cake rises thanks to eggs and contains very little flour, pound cake rises thanks to... baking powder. Pound cake has the exact same ingredients as sponge cake, but the different proportions result in significantly different flavors.

Pound bread has a wonderful buttery aroma. The better the butter, the better the pound bread. The amount of butter in the bread is very large, so to make it as delicious as possible, you must use expensive, high-quality butter.

Pound bread is often chosen for festivals and celebrations. On birthdays, if you don't want to serve a cake, you can offer guests a pound bread served with fruit jam and hot tea.

Delicious European pudding

Pudding is a popular dessert enjoyed by Westerners during Christmas. In the past, winter was a time when fresh cream and dairy products could not be produced, so Europeans devised many types of cakes suitable for the circumstances.

The pudding is made from flour, sugar, dried fruit, and nuts. Because it contains no eggs or milk, the pudding is quite dry. Chefs prepare the pudding about a month to several months before the holiday, and each day they lightly infuse it with alcohol. The alcohol gradually seeps into the pudding, ferments the dried fruit, and gives the pudding its fragrant aroma and high price, depending on the type of alcohol used.

If you want to enjoy this unique cake on your birthday with family, try making it yourself and infusing it with liqueur using recipes available online. Or order it from a reputable bakery. Pudding is often served with lemon sauce, citrus sauce, and fresh fruit.

Rich and creamy baked cheesecake (New York Cheesecake)

Baked cheesecakes are a type of cake with a soft texture and rich, creamy flavor. Furthermore, they usually contain little to no flour. If you're tired of cakes with lots of flour, this is a great option.

Baked cheesecake is made from cream cheese, fresh cream, eggs, fresh milk, and sugar, along with lemon juice and vanilla extract. The readily available ingredients, simple preparation, and the rich, creamy flavor of the cheese inside, combined with the crispy, golden-brown crust, have made New York Cheesecake a famous dessert.

Try buying a soft, baked cheesecake and share it with your friends on their birthday. Baked cheesecake is delicious with wine, champagne, or simply fresh fruit juice.

S'mores - a taste of American culture.

In beautiful America, many types of cakes have been created. Most of them originated elsewhere and, upon arriving in America, created a widespread craze. Cookies are a classic example; when Americans added chocolate chips, the world gained a new and iconic type of cake.

The American S'more cookie is no exception. Its origins trace back to camping trips, where people spontaneously sandwiched marshmallows and milk chocolate between two Graham crackers, creating a unique flavor from whole grains, milk, and cocoa. The rustic, grainy flavor of the base cracker, the sweet taste of the milk chocolate, and the slightly burnt, characteristic flavor of the toasted marshmallow have left those who tasted it exclaiming:

- "Some more!!!"

The name Smore was born from that, becoming a traditional cookie enjoyed by Boy Scouts, high school students, and college students at parties and camping trips. Enjoying Smore cookies at birthday parties with many friends is also a unique choice. Savor them with a cup of hot chocolate and inhale the fragrant aroma of this distinctly American cookie.

Tiramisu - the taste of Italy

In Western cuisine, countless types of pastries have been created and gained worldwide popularity. In beautiful Italy, there is a type of cake so distinctive that just mentioning its name makes many people's mouths water. The famous Tiramisu, with its rich layer of cream, is always a favorite among many.

Tiramisu in Italian means "lift me up." The phrase implies that the cake is so incredibly delicious that it makes the eater dizzy and almost fall over. Part of this "dizzying" effect comes from the fact that the cake contains alcohol and caffeine, making it easy to get drunk if you can't handle alcohol.

Tiramisu is typically made with a base of "lady fingers" (savoiardi in Italian) dipped in a mixture of Kahlua liqueur and Italian espresso, topped with a creamy white frosting.

There are two of the most famous and popular versions of ice cream: mascarpone cheese ice cream (a soft Italian cheese with a very distinctive creamy flavor) whipped with raw egg yolks, and Italian meringue, a mixture of whipped egg whites.

The second, less fatty version uses mascarpone and whipping cream (this version is... pure white because the cream can't turn yellow like eggs). In an authentic tiramisu, the mascarpone is always the main ingredient. This helps the cake retain its characteristic rich, creamy flavor that other cakes lack.

Tiramisu, with its moist, soft texture and rich creaminess, is perfect for formal birthday parties. Try pairing it with a cup of Italian coffee or, for a bolder experience, with a glass of spirits and let the flavors of tiramisu explode.

Travellive hopes that through this article, readers have gained more knowledge about pastries in general and European pastries in particular. These are all types of cakes with beautiful appearances and unique, novel flavors, suitable for celebrations, festivals, birthdays, etc.

Travellive wishes our readers celebrating their birthdays in January a happy and successful new year.

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