A process for manufacturing a food product, a food product produced thereby and
a plant for production of the food product. The food product may have a generally
truncated cone shape which allows the product to be stood on its base. The baking
mixture is inserted into mould cavities of a tray and fitting a second tray with
male formers corresponding to the mould cavities into the first tray prior to baking.
The trays may pass through the oven on an endless conveyor as part of a plant which
includes a filling station, for filling the baked product with sweet or savoury
fillings, and a freezing station. The food product is baked with a high liquid
content to allow for the formation of a thin, tough impervious layer of gelatinised
starch skin to form on the product surfaces.