What's an orchid cake? If you've ever tasted Sponge Cake or Génoise you've tasted Orchid Cake. Bánh Bông Lan/Orchid Cakes are small sponge cakes baked the old school way. Although génoise's family tree traces it back to Italy; cake was introduced to Vietnam by the French.What's with the name? Génoise are often flavored with vanilla. Vanilla comes from/is an type of orchid. Orchid in Vietnamese is "Bông Lan", thus...
