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This is a very common Russian pattern meaning whatever dessert you choose or no matter which dessert you choose.
The pattern is:
- question word
- бы
- ... + ни
- verb
- ... + ни
- бы
So here:
- какой = what kind of / which
- бы
- ты
- ни
- выбрала
Together, it creates a concessive meaning: the result in the main clause stays true regardless of the choice.
A very literal unpacking would be something like:
- Which dessert you might choose, I’ll still ask for...
But in natural English, it is simply Whatever dessert you choose...