This vanilla-coconut cake consists of a cake layer, which is made with egg whites, flour and coconut, and a vanilla custard enriched with coconut,...
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Mézes zserbó – Honey Gerbeaud slices
Mézes zserbó and classic Gerbeaud slices have only 2 things in common: both of them are made up of 4 cake layers and topped with chocolate glaze....
Túró Rudi torta
Túró Rudi is one those things that makes the Hungarian heart beat faster. It's the sweets Hungarians living abroad miss the most. This popular...
Striped butter cookies
These striped disks are not only showy, but also yummy. I think shortcrust pastry is the most perfect and most delicious dough for cookies, other...
Hungarian vintage cookies: Chocolate-vanilla rings
If you asked anyone in Hungary to enumerate some "vintage" things that awaken pleasant memories, chocolate-vanilla rings would be certainly...
Hungarian krémes
Mille-feuille, mille foglie, Napoleon, vanilla slice, Crèmeschnitte, krémes - several names, but one recipe. They all refer to a much-loved dessert...
Floating islands – Madártej
Meringue floating on crème anglaise - this is the composition of this simple and light dessert of French origin. In Europe it's known by different...
Plum jam filled buns with vanilla custard / Lekváros bukta
These sweet plum jam filled buns are one of the oldest Hungarian bakery products, their Hungarian name is lekváros bukta. The classic bukta is...
Honey-vanilla squares / Mézes tészta
As I haven't found better translation for mézes tészta, I decided to use the term honey-vanilla squares. Honey-flavoured cakes are very...
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This is what Hungarian túró looks like
You often ask me what kind of cottage cheese (or curd cheese or farmer's cheese - call it what you want) I use in the recipes. In Hungary the store-bought cottage cheese is dry and crumbly as you can see in the picture. So if a recipe calls for túró, I mean this type. If you can't obtain túró, you can try to make your own from whole milk. Click on the link below.
Metric system vs cup
In Hungary metric units are in use, all the recipes on this website are based on this system, so a kitchen scale is necessary. Since I’m not familiar with cup as a measurement unit, I convert grams to cups by using an online converter. The values in brackets, therefore, are only approximate volumes, so, please, double-check them before you start cooking.