French "Caneles" Sweets from Brodeuax seen in Old Spitalfields Market, London Please see also my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588 A canelé ( French: [kan.le] ) is a small French pastry flavored with rum and vanilla with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust. It takes the shape of small, striated cylinder up to five centimeters in height with a depression at the top. Originally a specialty of the Bordeaux region of France , today it is widely available in pâtisseries in France and abroad. History The canelé is believed to originate from the Couvent des Annonciades , Bordeaux in either the 18th or 15th century. The modern word "canelé" originates in Gascon , which was spoken in Bordeaux and a large area of southwestern France until the 19th century. In Limoges , there was a food called canole , a bread made with flour and egg yolks, which may be the same item as