Balkan desserts

Indulge in the sweet flavors of the Balkans with our delicious dessert recipes! From baklava to kadaif, our guide to tasty Balkan desserts will have you drooling. Try them out for your next dinner party or special occasion!

Soft. Creamy. Full of custard! The Bulgarian Biscuit Cake (Biscvitena Torta) is a simple, no-bake dessert that is effortlessly delicious and is sure to become your go-to weeknight treat!

Bosnian (Balkan) baklava is the midcentury modern of baklavas; its value is its simplicity. Baklava at its core is a strong sweet meal. Done well, one to two pieces will satiate you in one sitting, kind of like the area coffee.

Croatian desserts are dangerously scrumptious. They range from rich and creamy cakes to crumbly buttery pies. From wafer thin strudels to melt-in-the-mouth cookies.What's more, many traditional Croatian desserts are a mix of all kinds of foodie influences. We have siblings among the Italian, French, Austrian even Turkish pastries. So enjoying Croatian cakes is almost like being in the centre of the world of sweets.Nothing compares to the homemade strudel pastryYou should try any of the 13…

A round up of 20 must-try traditional Croatian dessert recipes, from cookies to cakes and a few treats in between.

Drool over these 33 delicious Croatian desserts! From creamy Croatian cakes to traditional Croatian cookies, these are the best sweets in Croatia to try.

An old traditional favorite, delicate and loved by all.

This Balkan recipe for tulumbe is a popular pastry that is fried or baked and then saturated with simple syrup. Give this sweet treat a try!

If there ever was a Balkan dish that uses all that people from this region have plenty of, it would be this dish. Milk and eggs are the stars here, and also plentiful in the Balkans. So if you have some milk in your fridge you need to use up before it expires, this is the ideal dish to make.