Mohr im Hemd

The Moor in the shirt is an Austrian dessert. It is mainly composed of chocolate, bread crumbs, sugar, egg yolk, almonds and red, and has the form of a small Gugelhupfs. As the English Christmas pudding is cooked in the Moor shirt in the water bath. It is then doused with hot chocolate sauce and garnished with whipped cream. Occasionally, the dessert is served with ice called Eismohr in the shirt. One gets the Mohr in the shirt in Austrian coffee houses and restaurants as well as sporadically in Bavarian Candy Stores.

The term Moor is an obsolete term for people with darker skin color. The term in the shirt refers to the (white ) whipped cream that envelops the chocolate cake.

Controversy about the name

For several years, discussions arise again and again about whether the term Moor to be replaced in the shirt (eg chocolate cake with whipped, Schokohupf or Kakaohupf ). Proponents of renaming argue that the term Moor was discriminatory for historical reasons. Defenders of the traditional naming keep contrary to Mohr is an obsolete term, which almost exclusively in art ( Othello ), idioms ( The Moor has done his duty ), historical settings (but rarely derogatory ) or just - completely depersonalized - in classic desserts is used.