In 2011, special confectionary masterpieces competed for the fifth consecutive year to be presented for the celebration of statehood on August 20th. Based on the decision of the Jury of the Hungarian Confectionery Artisans' National Industry Body, the winning confectioner was again master confectioner László Zila who came up this time with the apricot millet cake of Kecskemét.
As the pastry chef said, the idea of using this fruit was inspired by a letter from a housewife in Karcag, eastern Hungary. She wrote her feelings were hurt by the fact that the Pánd cherries and Szabolcs county plums were already featured in the cake, while the Kecskemét apricot has fallen behind in this series. The millet cake was designed by modifying the basic recipe found in the letter.
The basis of the cake, made, of course, with the patented Zila cake pan, is millet cooked soft in flavored milk. Whipped cream mixed with cooked millet is also put on top of the cake whose cavity is filled with slightly cooked and blended apricot pulp. A little chocolate plate half a peach is placed on the top.
