What better way to celebrate spring than to bake a rhubarb cake. This beautifully rustic cake is quick to make and ready to serve in just
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Brunsviger: Danish Coffee Cake
Brunsviger is a yeasted coffee cake covered in a brown sugar topping. The cake is rich, but fluffy, almost like brioche and the topping is like
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Diós Bejgli: Hungarian Walnut Roll
Bejgli is a traditional Hungarian rolled pastry filled with a dense, sweet filling made from walnuts (diós) or poppy seeds (mákos). The pastry uses a sweet
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Bienenstich: German Bee Sting Cake
Bienenstich, or Bee Sting Cake, is a classic German dessert made of a sweet yeast dough filled with creamy vanilla custard and topped with caramelized almonds.
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Gateau Nantais: French Rum Cake
Gateau Nantais is a dense almond pound cake imbibed with dark rum and topped with a thin glaze. The rich cake with its delicate sheet of
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Torta della Nonna: Italian Custard Tart
Torta della nonna, literally “grandmother’s cake,” is a rustic tart made from two simple Italian classics: pasta frolla and crema pasticcera. Lemony pastry cream is sandwiched
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Almond Macarons with Dark Chocolate Ganache
These French macarons are flavored with slightly bitter almond and filled with a rich dark chocolate ganache. They have a crisp exterior that shatters into a soft, chewy interior. While macarons are usually a tea-side treat, the chocolate almond flavor begs for a cup of coffee.