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{{Short description|Traditional Moroccan cake}}
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| image = [[File:Moroccan cake (Meskoota).jpg|Moroccan cake (Meskoota)|250px]]
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| type = [[cake]]
| place_of_origin = [[Morocco]]
| alternate_name = Orange cake
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'''Meskouta''' is a traditional [[Moroccan cuisine|Moroccan]] [[cake]] usually served for [[Tea (meal)|tea time]] or [[breakfast]]. There are different variations of meskouta cakes based on flavors like [[Orange (fruit)|orange]], [[lemon]] and [[vanilla]]. It was traditionally made in the [[winter]], when oranges ripened. Meskouta is typically served with hot mint [[tea]] or [[coffee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meskouta (Moroccan Orange Cake) Recipe|url=https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022603-meskouta-moroccan-orange-cake|access-date=2021-11-05|website=NYT Cooking|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Benlafquih|first=Christine|date=2021-05-07|title=Easy Moroccan Orange Cake (Meskouta) Recipe|url=https://tasteofmaroc.com/moroccan-orange-cake-recipe/|access-date=2021-11-05|website=Taste of Maroc|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Writer|title=Something for the Sweet Tooth: Moroccan Meskouta|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/08/280079/moroccan-cuisine-meskouta-cake|access-date=2021-11-05|website=Morocco World News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author=Weston, Anna (Baker)|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/872417360|title=The global bakery : amazing cakes from the world's kitchens|date=14 October 2014|publisher=New Internationalist Publications, Limited |isbn=978-1-78026-125-6|oclc=872417360}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jacob|first=Jeanne|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/870248217|title=The world cookbook : the greatest recipes from around the globe|date=2014|others=Michael Ashkenazi, Jeanne Jacob|isbn=978-1-61069-468-1|edition=Revised|location=Santa Barbara, California|oclc=870248217}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Klepeis|first=Alicia|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1112141273|title=Morocco|date=2020|isbn=978-1-64487-170-6|location=Minneapolis, MN|oclc=1112141273}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Moroccan pastry]]
[[Category:Moroccan cuisine]]
[[Category:Cakes]]
[[Category:Citrus dishes]]
[[Category:Tea culture]]
[[Category:Breakfast dishes]]