Rigó Jancsi
Sign in to saveRigójancsi () is a traditional Hungarian cube-shaped chocolate sponge cake and chocolate cream pastry. It gained popularity in the former Austria-Hungary and is named after Rigó Jancsi (1858–1927), a famous Hungarian Gypsy (Romani people) violinist.
Key facts
- Prepared food.name
- Rigó Jancsi
- Prepared food.image
- Rigojancsi.jpg
- Prepared food.image_size
- 250px
- Prepared food.alternate_name
- Gypsy John
- Prepared food.country
- Hungary and Austria
- Prepared food.region
- in Hungary: nationwidein Austria: Viennain Italy: Triestein Croatia: Rijeka
- Prepared food.type
- Cake
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Chocolate sponge cake (flour, butter, sugar, egg whites, chocolate, egg yolks)Filling: chocolate and cream icing, apricot jam, dark rum or vanilla
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cake
- Named after
- Jancsi Rigó
- Country of origin
- Hungary
- Image
- Rigojanci.jpg
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- dessert
- cuisine
- Hungarian cuisine
- native label
- rigójancsi
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Rigójancsi () is a traditional Hungarian cube-shaped chocolate sponge cake and chocolate cream pastry. It gained popularity in the former Austria-Hungary and is named after Rigó Jancsi (1858–1927), a famous Hungarian Gypsy (Romani people) violinist.
In Flavors of Hungary, a cookbook written by Charlotte Slovak Biro, this cake is called "Gypsy John".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rigó Jancsi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.