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Apple Kugel (Jewish Baked Apple Casserole) with firm tart apples, eggs and vegetable oil — Israel recipe

🇮🇱IsraelAdvanced

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Apple Kugel (Jewish Baked Apple Casserole)

Kugel is a Jewish baked casserole that sits somewhere between a cake and a pudding. This sweet apple version is built on a poured batter — oil, eggs, flour — that goes over layered apple slices and bakes until the bottom caramelises and the top turns golden. Denser than a charlotte, more forgiving than a tart. Traditional on Shabbat and holiday tables, pareve, and genuinely better the next day.

65 min310 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Basque Burnt Cheesecake with cream cheese, eggs and heavy cream — Spain recipe

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Basque Burnt Cheesecake

Basque burnt cheesecake has no biscuit crust and makes no attempt to hide its dark, blistered top. Under that bitter-caramel edge, the center settles into a soft custard that is best served cool but not fridge-cold.

390 min525 kcal10 serves

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Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) with eggs, morello cherries and Kirschwasser — Germany recipe

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Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte)

Three layers of light chocolate sponge cake brushed with Kirschwasser, filled with thickened sour cherry compote and softly whipped cream, then covered in cream and finished with chocolate shavings and whole cherries. The German legal definition of Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte requires the kirsch flavor to be clearly noticeable — the spirit is not decorative, it is structural to the flavor. The sponge is an egg-separated génoise: egg whites whipped to stiff peaks and folded in last, keeping the crumb light despite the cocoa. The assembled cake should rest overnight in the fridge; it tastes significantly better the next day.

150 min520 kcal10 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Blancmange with milk, sugar and gelatin — France recipe

🇫🇷FranceEasy

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Blancmange

Blancmange is an exquisite French dessert — a delicate and light jelly made of milk or cream thickened with gelatin, garnished with toasted almonds and fresh berries.

20 min350 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Brigadeiro with condensed milk, cocoa powder and chocolate sprinkles — Brazil recipe

🇧🇷BrazilEasy

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Brigadeiro

Brigadeiro is the small chocolate truffle that appears at every Brazilian birthday party, made from three ingredients cooked in one pan and rolled in chocolate sprinkles. Condensed milk, cocoa and butter are stirred over low heat until the mixture thickens enough to hold a shape, and the entire recipe reduces to knowing when to stop. It appeared in the mid-1940s and is generally linked to the campaign of brigadier Eduardo Gomes, at a time when imported sweets were scarce and condensed milk was not. Undercooked, it stays a spoonable cream; overcooked, it turns hard and grainy. Cooling time comes on top of the stated time.

25 min190 kcal8 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

Caramel Creme with milk, sugar and eggs — France recipe

🇫🇷FranceEasy

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Caramel Creme

Crème Caramel — the epitome of French dessert elegance. A silky vanilla custard baked to perfection, resting beneath a pool of glistening amber caramel.

20 min290 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting with flour, baking powder and cinnamon — USA recipe

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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot cake is one of the very few cakes where the vegetable in the name is not a compromise — it genuinely makes the cake better. Freshly grated carrots release moisture directly into the batter and carry the spices into every crumb. The cake uses oil rather than butter, which keeps it moist even straight from the fridge. Brown sugar adds molasses depth that plain white sugar doesn't. The cream cheese frosting is the best part: tangy, rich, and not too sweet when you use a measured hand with the icing sugar. This is a two-layer cake assembled with frosting between the layers and swirled over the top and sides.

90 min510 kcal12 serves

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Chak-chak (Tatar Honey Pastry) with flour, honey and egg — Russia recipe

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Chak-chak (Tatar Honey Pastry)

Chak-chak is the emblem of Tatar and Bashkir hospitality — a festive sweet of tiny deep-fried dough sticks bound together in honey syrup and mounded into a glistening dome. The dough is just flour and eggs, cut small, fried crisp, then folded through a honey-and-sugar syrup while hot so the pieces set into a sticky, crunchy heap. It keeps for weeks and is the centerpiece of weddings and celebrations across the Middle Volga.

90 min410 kcal8 serves

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Cheesecake with cream cheese, sugar and egg — USA recipe

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Cheesecake

A classic New York-style cheesecake with a crispy graham cracker crust and a rich, creamy filling — the perfect dessert for any occasion.

90 min470 kcal12 serves

Chocolate Soufflé with chocolate, butter and egg — France recipe

🇫🇷FranceEasy

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Chocolate Soufflé

A chocolate soufflé recipe from the French masters of the art of fine dessert making — light, airy, and intensely chocolatey.

30 min490 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌾Gluten-free

Choux Puffs (Shu) with Pastry Cream with wheat flour, eggs and butter — France recipe

🇫🇷FranceAdvanced

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Choux Puffs (Shu) with Pastry Cream

Classic French choux pastry puffs with a crisp golden shell and a light vanilla pastry cream filling. The choux dough is made by cooking flour in boiling water and butter, then beating in eggs. Served freshly filled for the best contrast of crispy shell and cold, silky cream.

60 min240 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Clafoutis with cherries, egg and flour — France recipe

🇫🇷FranceMedium

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Clafoutis

Clafoutis is a traditional French dessert — something between a pie and a casserole, traditionally made with cherries baked in a custard-like batter.

40 min400 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian

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