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Desserts & Cakes

45 recipes in this category

Classic cakes, puddings, and sweet treats made from scratch with timeless techniques.

Unmoulded peach cream dessert on a glass plate, decorated with whipped cream and fresh peach halves
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Peach Cream

A chilled peach mousse from early 20th century home cooking: peach marmalade base folded with egg and gelatine, set in a mould and served with fresh cream.

Total time: 55 min
Servings: 4–6
Scoops of pale golden vanilla ice cream in a glass bowl, with a vanilla pod alongside
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Vanilla Ice Cream

A rich vanilla ice cream made from a cooked egg yolk custard base — an early 20th century home recipe churned to a smooth, creamy finish.

Total time: 35 min
Servings: 6
A chilled bundt-shaped dessert unmoulded onto a glass plate, decorated with whipped cream in the centre and around the sides, with banana slices visible in the layers
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Yellow Bundt Cake with Bananas

Ladyfingers soaked in rum and milk, layered with ripe banana slices and a rich vanilla egg yolk custard, set in a bundt mould and finished with whipped cream.

Total time: 55 min
Servings: 8
A glass dish of cold summer pudding soaked in deep crimson berry juice, topped with a spoonful of whipped cream, on a white linen cloth
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Cold Summer Pudding

Enriched bread soaked in raw raspberry and red currant purée, finished with a warm berry compote — a no-bake summer dessert served cold with whipped cream.

Total time: 35 min
Servings: 6
Golden pan-fried curd cheese cakes on a white plate dusted with sugar, served with sour cream
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Sweet Curd Cheese Pancakes

Pan-fried cakes of fresh curd cheese, eggs, flour, and a little sugar — a classic sweet course from the early 20th century Central European home kitchen.

Total time: 35 min
Servings: 5
Squares of šaum-pita with visible strawberry pieces in white meringue filling, dusted with powdered sugar, on a vintage plate
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Strawberry Meringue Pie

Italian meringue with fresh strawberries between two rough puff pastry crusts. A Central European celebration dessert from early 20th century home baking.

Total time: 55 min
Servings: 16 squares
Baked stuffed quinces on a glass plate, dusted with sugar and topped with whipped sour cream
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Quinces Stuffed with Walnuts and Raisins

Whole quinces hollowed out and filled with ground walnuts, raisins, and sugar, baked in butter and finished with whipped sour cream.

Total time: 115 min
Servings: 4-6
Apple pie with whipped cream cut into squares, served on a vintage ceramic plate
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Apple Pie with Whipped Cream

A crisp almond shortcrust base layered with ground walnuts, poached apples, apricot jam, and a thick cloud of sweetened whipped cream.

Total time: 85 min
Servings: 8-10
A dark chocolate steamed pudding turned out onto a round glass dish, crowned with pale pink strawberry foam, set on a folded linen cloth on a worn wooden table in a warm kitchen
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Cold Chocolate Koh with Strawberry Foam

A flourless steamed chocolate pudding with ground almonds and egg whites, served cold beneath fresh strawberry foam — an early twentieth century classic.

Total time: 90 min
Servings: 8
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