Vermicelli cake, is a dessert made from vermicelli noodles that have been simmered in milk, flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and other spices or extracts. Vermicelli cake, also called vam-a-zelli in Guyanese patois, is a dessert made from vermicelli noodles that have been simmered in milk, flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and other spices or extracts. Once the noodles are cooked and the mixture has a pudding like consistency, it is poured into a dish and left to firm up, then cut into squares.