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Latiya refers to Guam's sponge cake topped with custard and dusted with cinnamon; a dessert made of vanilla custard sprinkled with cinnamon with a sponge cake base. Latiya is a vanilla custard spongecake in Guam; it is one of the sweet specialties found on the table during the county's Fiesta celebrations.
Latiya is considered a traditional Chamorro dessert and is very popular among Guam residents and visitors alike.
Latiya which is also known as Natiya has originated in Spain "Natillas", a Spanish dessert custard normally eaten with Bizcocho Genovesa, a golden brown sponge finger cake.
In Guam, nowadays, Latiya is cooked using canned evaporated or condensed milk to make the custard instead of milk. Sponge cake is used instead of sponge fingers. The sponge cake is used as a base and the custard is poured over it. Sponge cake may be made from scratch or purchased from a grocery or bakery, or pre-packaged cake mixes are also frequently used.
Lakh refers to Gambia's dessert - a kind of sweetened porridge mix made from the fruits of the baobab tree, millet couscous and peanut butter.
Lakh is known in Senegal as Ngalakh and during the naming ceremonies, Lakh or Ngalakh, a delicious millet porridge is served with sweet yoghurt or baobab cream is typically serve in large bowls.
Lakh is also spelled or called Lah.
Lepyoshka refers to Uzbekistan's flat bread, or "non", "that is usually baked in tandoor ovens, and served with tea, not to mention at every meal. Lepyoshka is available is several varieties, some with onions or meat in the dough, while others are topped with Kalonji (nigella seeds) or sesame seeds.
Lepyoshka also serves as one of the staple foods of Kyrgyzstan. This Russian flat unleavened loaf is delicious and fresh and far more superior that the other varieties of white bread found in the supermarkets in the country.
Wide array of breads, leavened and unleavened, is a staple for the majority of the population of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.