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A May West is a round dessert cake with cream filling. It was created in Canada and continues to be particularly popular in the Province of Quebec. It is currently made by Vachon Inc. a division of Saputo Inc.The cake was invented by René Brousseau patissier at Vaillancourt Inc. a Quebec City bakery. As of 1932 the May West was then made by Stuart Ltd run by the wealthy Montreal-based Allard family and subsequently bought out in 1979 by their longtime competitor Vachon Inc.