Kyiv cake (Ukrainian: торт «Київський», romanized: tort "Kyivskyi" [tɔrt ˈkɪjiu̯sʲkei̯]) is a dessert cake produced in Kyiv, USSR since December 6, 1956[2] by the Karl Marx Confectionery Factory which is now a subsidiary of the Roshen corporation.

The next morning the chef Kostiantyn Petrenko, with the help of 17-year-old assistant Nadiia Chornohor, in order to hide the mistake of his colleagues, spread the frozen cakes with buttercream, strewed with powder, decorated with floral ornaments.

[3][citation needed] The recipe of the Kyiv cake has changed with time: in the 1970s, bakers perfected the process of making the egg-white and nut mixture.

The party instructed the country's confectioners to create a dessert using these nuts, and the Kyiv factory named after Karl Marx was most capable of doing so.

At the factory, they say: "The author of the recipe and production technology of the Kyiv cake is Kostiantyn Petrenko.