Romanian Cakes and Desserts

Cottage cheese dumplings with semolina, coated in sugary breadcrumbs – Romanian papanasi fierti. Last week I introduced you to one of my favorite Romanian desserts,…

Traditional Romanian fried doughnuts – papanasi (papanash) – made with cottage cheese and topped with smetana and jam. These papanasi or Romanian fried donuts/doughnuts are…

A festive Romanian walnut buttercream cake with caramelized walnuts, this is one of the most decadent, best walnut cakes you could possibly make. What can…

What to do with watermelon rind or peel? Aromatic and sweet watermelon rind jam or candied watermelon rind. Watermelon Rind Preserves After making Homemade Blueberry…

  Nectarine cake made with six ingredients, this is our favorite nectarine recipe. It can also be made with fresh peaches.   Fresh Nectarine Cake…

This apricot cake, upside-down style, is probably the best and easiest apricot recipe you could make. Definitely my favorite one! Apricot Upside-Down Cake with Fresh…

  Romanian strawberry foam or spuma de capsuni made with only three ingredients: strawberries, egg whites and sugar in about five minutes.   Easy Strawberry…

Romanian orange polenta cake or malai dulce soaked with syrup: so soft, so moist, so delicious! Definitely the best sweet polenta cake I have ever…

  Cozonac recipe or Romanian sweet bread: this is the most traditional Romanian pastry, a soft yeast dough with a sweet walnut filling.   Romanian…

Pasca is a traditional Romanian Easter cheesecake or Easter bread. A sweet yeast dough filled with a smooth cheese and raisins filling. Romanian Easter Bread…