La Palma has a multitude of high quality bakeries and pastry shops, the result of the mixture of different cultures that for centuries has been enriching the popular recipes with the characteristic flavours of the island, such as almonds, sweet potato, corn flour, sugar, sugar cane honey, etc. Many recipes have been passed down from generation to generation, while others date from more recent times, as is the case of the dessert Príncipe Alberto, created by Doña Matilde Arroyo in the late 1950s.