What fruit, often soaked in a suspension of food coloring, is found on top of a Manchester tart?
Manchester tart Manchester tart is a traditional English baked tart consisting of a shortcrust pastry shell, spread with raspberry jam, covered with a custard filling and topped with flakes of coconut and a Maraschino cherry. A common variation, especially in Manchester itself, has a layer of thinly-sliced bananas under the custard.
Pièce montée A pièce montée (pronounced ] ; from French, literally "assembled piece" or "mounted piece", plural "pièces montées") is a kind of decorative confectionery centerpiece in an architectural or sculptural form used for formal banquets and made of such ingredients as "confectioner’s paste" (sugar paste or sculpting fondant?), nougat, marzipan, and spun sugar. Although the ingredients are typically edible, their purpose is mainly decorative, and they are often not really meant to be consumed. They are associated with classical French chefs, such as Carême. Carême had studied architecture and is credited with saying, referring to "pièces montées", that architecture was the most noble of the arts and that pastry was the highest form of architecture.