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Lemon Potato Starch Sponge Cake
A tender vintage lemon sponge with 12 eggs, fresh zest and juice, and potato starch in place of flour, baked in a tube or bundt pan.
Total time:75 min
Servings:12 slices
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desserts cakesEaster Torte with Apricot Jam and Whipped Cream
Five thin semolina sponge layers filled with apricot jam and vanilla whipped cream, topped with piped cream for a light vintage Easter torte.
Total time:80 minServings:12 slices
desserts cakesChestnut Roll with Chocolate Glaze
A dense, no-bake chestnut confection studded with candied citrus peel, dates, and raisins, and finished with a glossy dark chocolate glaze.
Total time:80 minServings:10-12 slices
desserts cakesNo-Bake Pineapple Cream
A light, chilled pineapple cream made with canned pineapple, gelatin, and whipped cream — no oven required, just a few hours to set.
Total time:25 minServings:6
desserts cakesNo-Bake Strawberry Cream
A silky, chilled strawberry cream made with fresh strawberries, gelatin, and whipped cream — no oven required, just a few hours to set.
Total time:25 minServings:6
desserts cakesClassic Jam-Filled Crepes
Thin, delicate egg crepes with very little flour, pan-fried and rolled around jam, finished with vanilla sugar — a simple Central European classic.
Total time:35 minServings:12
desserts cakesCooked Egg Yolk Crescent Cookies
Delicate butter cookies made with hard-boiled egg yolks, rolled into crescents and coated in vanilla sugar — a forgotten Central European baking technique.
Total time:54 minServings:38
desserts cakesSweet 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 minServings:5
desserts cakesStrawberry 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 minServings:16 squares
desserts cakesQuinces 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 minServings:4-6
holiday specialsAlmond Cream Biscuit Torte
A light sponge layered with almond buttercream and finished with a poured chilled custard sauce — a classic of early 20th century Central European pastry.
Total time:95 minServings:8–10 slices
desserts cakesPotato Strudel
Soufflé-light potato, egg yolk, and lemon-whipped whites folded into paper-thin hand-stretched strudel dough, an early 20th-century Central European
Total time:100 minServings:6
desserts cakesStrawberry Jelly with Rum
A refreshing no-bake strawberry jelly set with gelatin and lightly flavoured with rum, served unmoulded with whipped sweetened sour cream and biscuits.
Total time:35 minServings:5
desserts cakesLazy Cinnamon Pie
Traditional apple pie with cinnamon, raisins, and walnuts — simple buttery dough with layers of thinly sliced sour apples. No lattice, no fuss.
Total time:60 minServings:8–10