The French are famous for a lot of things, but to me the most important French claim to fame is their patisseries, where French pastries and cakes are sold.

You may be surprised to learn that the French often start to practice making cakes and sweets at a very young age, and this one holds a special place in the hearts of many.

I cannot find much on the official origin of this cake, but it seems to have come from a cultural shift after World War II. Whether a product of wartime rationing or the result of research by scientist Ilya Mechnikov into yogurt's impact on the lifespan of Bulgarian peasants, the French around the 1950s fell in love with yogurt.

Prewar, the French already had ties to both Danon and Yoplait, which had their headquarters in France. After the war, the companies beca

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