Lithuanian cake

Honey Cake (Lithuanian traditional celebratory cake) During my upbringing there have been quite a few dishes that were either embedded in my home culture or have always kind of always “been there” since I was just a little girl growing up , though none come as close to being a true memory of growing up as the very traditional Lithuanian Honey cake. In Lithuania this cake is also strangely called the “retired one” (just for the record I want to say that I have absolutely no idea why would…

Known as a Lithuanian Torte or sometimes a Napoleon Torte, it is layer upon layer of flaky, delicate pastry, a vanilla custard tasting creamy filling and just a hint of apricot between some of the layers. To make this, be sure you plan for enough time. It is on average, at least 10-12 layers of pastry sandwiched between 10-12 more layers of filling with layer of filling and pastry crumbs on top. Each of the layers is rolled, pricked, baked and cooled one at a time so allow time to make the…

This is a recipe for a traditional lazy cake that needs the simplest ingredients – cookies, milk, cocoa and sugar. I make such lazy cake quite rarely, because most often I’m really lazy…

This honey cake (Medovik / Медовик) is a staple of many cuisines of countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union. It's utterly beautiful to behold and layered with creamy goodness.

Tinginys (Lithuanian lazy cake cookie) is super easy to make. It takes less than 20 minutes of prep time. And it's a delight when served with tea or coffee.

Polish cream papal cake is an easy recipe when you use store bought pastry dough. The sweet custard & pastry combination is a perfect snack.

This is one of those cakes, that I can definitely call my specialty. I’ve baked this cake many many times and everyone who tastes it, they always ask to repeat, and, of course, to share the r…

Mine is 10 layers pastry and 10 layers filling with a top layer of crushed pastry for a total of 22 layers Craving this. So much so, that I dreamed about it last night. It's a little involved to make, with an average of 10 pastry layers to cut and bake, but in the end, it's a beautiful, amazing dessert that can serve a large group of up to about 16-20 people or you can keep it for your own family and freeze it - slicing off servings and returning it to the freezer. Originally I had a similar…

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Show your friends and family what it means to be a true Yalie with New Haven's most famous dessert: Claire's Coffee Cake. Smiles n' satisfaction guaranteed.