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Vanilla slice is the Australian answer to mille-feuille - this dessert consists of a thick custard that’s flavored with vanilla, sandwiched between puff or phyllo pastry sheets, and topped with vanilla, raspberry, strawberry, chocolate, or passion fruit icing.
Due to the fact that the texture of the custard is slightly wobbly, the vanilla slice is sometimes also called a snot block. Once prepared, the dessert is cut into slices before being served. This dessert is so popular that there is an annual competition for the best vanilla slice baker, called the Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph.
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Hot jam donut is an Australian specialty hailing from Melbourne, which is why it's also affectionately known as the Melbourner. Unlike most other donuts, these ones are always served hot, usually from the window of a street food van at the Queen Vic Market.
The donuts are made with yeasted dough that's proved twice and filled with red jam before it goes in the fryer. They're designed to be eaten fresh and hot, and once cooked, crispy on the outside and pillowy on the inside, the donuts are coated in sugar and served in white paper bags.
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Cruffin is a cross between a croissant and a muffin – it's a muffin that's made from laminated croissant dough and filled with different flavors and ingredients such as pastry cream, peanut butter, cream and strawberries, chocolate, salted caramel, and many others.
This treat is a recent invention – it is believed that the first one was created in 2013 by Kate Reid of Lune Croissanterie in Melbourne, Australia. It was subsequently popularized and trademarked by Mr. Holmes Bakehouse of San Francisco.
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Kitchener bun is a traditional dessert originating from the southern parts of the country. This sweet pastry dates back to 1915 and consists of a yeasted dough bun (fried or baked, similar to a donut) that's split and filled with cream and either strawberry or raspberry jam.
The finishing touch is a dusting of powdered sugar on top. Kitchener bun is often seen on picnics or camping and hiking trips. The sweet bun was named after Lord Kitchener, the British Field Marshal famous for his victories in Africa and Australia.
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