

Week 128: Mokkapalat
Mokkapalat is a chocolate sheet cake topped with a delicious mocha frosting from Finland. Jump to the recipe! The recipe was first published in Sju sorters kakor, a Swedish cookbook, in 1945. It was later translated into Finnish. Although the original recipe called for chocolate, the Finnish translations replaced the chocolate with cocoa as it was cheaper. In Finnish Mokkapalt means a piece of suede. The treat gained popularity in the 1980s and was commonly served at parties

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Week 127: Kyiv Cake
A Kyiv cake is a decadent cake. It features layers of vanilla sponge, hazelnut meringue, and chocolate frosting. Jump to the recipe! It was created in 1956 in the Karl Marx Confectionary Factory. The meringue was first filled with cashews, which were supplied by India, a developing ally of the USSR. As it turns out, cashews became too expensive, so the meringue was filled with hazelnuts instead. This cake is certainly a labor of love, but is also an explosion of flavors and

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Week 126: Battenberg Cake
A Battenberg cake is a checkered-sponge cake filled with jam and covered in a layer of decadent marzipan. Jump to the recipe! The recipe is from England, and it’s said that the cake was created to celebrate Princess Victoria and Prince Louis of Battenberg’s marriage. Interestingly, later during World War II, the Battenberg cake was mass-produced and sold in grocery stores as a popular treat. I think there are a lot of fun ways to be creative with this cake. You can customize

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Sep 262 min read

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