Lithuanian cake

It’s my best friend at work’s birthday this week. I am setting out on a adventure in making her a special dessert. She has told me about a Lithuanian Torte that is her very favorite–of course she’s one of THOSE friends… her favorite can’t be just chocolate…or vanilla…It HAS to be a torte from Lithuania…from...Read More

A Lithuanian Tree Cake, known as Raguolis or Sakotis, that serves as a wedding cake, is made.by pouring layers of batter on a rotating spit. Here's how.

One of the most delicious Lithuanian sweets! I haven’t met a single person who doesn’t like the lazy cake!!! It doesn’t matter whether it is Lithuanian or a foreigner, a lazy cake…

Here is another Lithuanian festive dish, the Honey Cake. This cake is very popular in Lithuania, they make it on very special occasions such as Christmas. Medaus Tortas is a 24 layer honey cake, 12 layers of honey biscuit dipped in black Earl Grey tea and 12 layers of lemony crème fraiche. This is the Lithuanian version of the Russian Medovnik (Honey Cake), which exists in many countries of the former USSR realm under various names. According to Russian tradition, the cake was created in 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…

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…

16/02/2020 On a recent trip to Latvia, I was surprised to find such an amazing array of delicate, intricate and absolutely delicious cakes and patisserie. Honey layer cake definitely appeared to be the most common and after sampling many many different varieties, I can vouch for its popularity. Lovely, delicate layers of moist honey 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…

Somewhere in the internet I accidentally saw a picture of this cake roll and immediately decided that it’s just necessary to make it at home. I’ve eaten Kuršėnai sweet roll cake such a …

This post may contain affiliate links learn more Medivnyk, or Ukrainian Honey Cake, is a traditional dessert deeply rooted in Ukrainian culture. This layered cake, known for its sweet ... Read more