Desserts named after Famous People

Famous people always make the headlines, their names can be heard everywhere, but did you know that there are desserts named after some famous people?

Maybe we don't really notice because we don't mind the name of the dessert because we immediately eat them. Well, maybe your favorite dessert is also named after a famous person. Who knows, right?

There are foods that became famous because of the name of a famous person. Do you wanna know some of them?

1. Nellie Melba- Helen Porter Mitchell is her real name and she was a famous opera singer during her time. While staying at Savoy Hotel in London, Auguste Escoffier invented the Melba Toast in her honor. Auguste was a huge fan of Melba, that he even invented Peach Melba Toast four years earlier.

Nellie Melba

Melba toast 

2. Pavlova- Anna Pavlova is a ballerina who toured New Zealand and Australia. Ever since, these two nations have been fighting over who invented the dessert. The earliest known recipe to be called Pavlova is from a 1927 New Zealand cookbook and is a cake-based trifle rather than a meringue-based cake. In 1934 Australian chef Bert Sachse came up with his version that he adapted from a New Zealand recipe published in 1929.  So, who do you think invented it first?

Anna Pavlova

Pavlova Dessert

3. Madeleines- These little cakes are very famous and it is named after the cook who created them. She is Madeleine Paulmier. 

Madeleines

4. Victoria Sponge- Two sponge cake layers with jam in between is a favorite of Queen Victoria. She was so fond of this cake because she eats it alongside her tea. It is sometimes called a Victoria Sandwich. 

Queen Victoria

Victoria Sponge

5. Apple Brown Betty- The dessert was named after its creator, Betty Simmons. It was called to be "brown" because of Betty's color, and it is mostly made up of layered apples with bread cubes.

Betty Simmons

Apple Brown Betty

Hmmm. It must be really awesome if a dessert is named after you right?:)