RUSSIAN DESSERTS

Sochniki is a traditional Ukrainian delicacy. This Ukrainians' favourite dessert is a small cottage cheese scone from the sweet short pastry. This dough is soft, while the inside is creamy; it makes a great combination. I love these cheese scones! Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

Sharlotka (Шарлотка) is a Russian apple cake, it’s delicate and light. This apple sharlotka recipe is so quick and easy to make. The texture is perfect; soft and airy, and the sweet cake is balanced with the perfect amount of tartness from the apples. Russian cake and it’s so simple to make. Wonderful to have with your morning tea or as an afternoon snack. Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

Pryaniki are Russian Honey spiced cookies that are similar in texture to a honey jumble and are commonly made for festive occasions. These small biscuits are a Moorish treat to accompany a warm cup of tea or coffee. Pryaniki go back for centuries in the traditional Russian kitchen. You will find them on the shelves of all Russian stores. The flavour is with coffee, honey and speckled through perfectly with spices. Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

These caramel treats are soooo easy to prepare with ingredients that we all have in our kitchen cupboards enjoy making them but more, enjoy eating them. They are soft and delicious. I hope you enjoy this Russian Toffee Recipe. Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

Russian Poppy Seed Buns makes your tea time extra enjoyable. My childhood home always smelled like sweet dough and we had baked all year round. Poppy seeds are one of the commonly used baking ingredients in Russian cuisine. This recipe is great for holidays and family gatherings. The dough is amazing, super soft and melts in your mouth. Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

I love this quick ten min donut recipe! It is an extremely easy-to-cook and delicious dish to tea. As opposed to dough donut, cottage cheese one boasts more tender and soft flavour. The cottage cheese donuts can be either stuffed or not. Ponchiki are a walk down memory lane for me. My Mom used to make them quite often when I was a little girl. Enjoy for dessert or afternoon tea. Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

A Vatrushka is a Russian/Ukrainian bun that is filled with a filling on the outside. Vatrushki are sweet Russian pastries made with a yeast dough and filled with cheese filling. Plump, sweet, fragrant vatrushkas are a perfect fit for your holiday table as well as your daily cup of tea. Join our amazing membership to discover more recipes!

This cake is a real show stopper! It looks so good on a plate, you have the honey sponge cake with cherries in the middle, topped with amaretto cream and chocolate ganache. It is such a delicious cake! I hope you enjoy this delicious honey cake with cherries! I used a 26 cm pan. An easy honey cake perfect for morning coffee or afternoon tea! Join our amazing membership to discover more recipes!

There are many traditional Slavic cookies around the world, but there is no better cookie than Oreshki. They are shaped into mini walnuts and they taste so good. Oreshki are very well known as beautiful, walnut-shaped Russian cookies. They are so popular in Latvia and many other Slavic countries. They are very iconic Russian treats, especially we eat them during many holidays. Join our amazing membership to discover and learn more recipes!

The famous “Медовик” cake, aka the honey cake, is so popular all over the world. This sweet creation is made with very thin honey cake layers and filled with a creamy cottage cheese cream and tart raspberry filling! Every Baltic person knows what a special treat this cake is! Join our amazing membership to discover and learn more recipes!

This is the best Russian Sour Cream Cherry Pie you will ever make! It is so creamy, bursting with cherries, and crunchy. The pastry is incredible, the sour cream filling tastes like sweet custard and juicy cherries add sourness to the pie, balancing out all the flavors! It is a perfect slice of summer heaven! Join our amazing membership to discover and learn more recipes!

Kvass is one of the national drinks of Russia and Eastern Europe. It is said that kvass is good for digestion, detox and is the most efficient drink for refreshing during a hot summer day. It’s also rich with Vitamin B and it is said that drinking it accelerates the healing process. Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

This is the Best Honey Cake Recipe for all occasions. Consisting of 10-12 layers of honey dough with creamy buttercream, this luxurious cake is perfect with tea or coffee. The honey cake is very popular in Latvia and Russian speaking countries. This honey cake is so soft and fantastic. It stays amazing in the fridge for several days, so this is also a great make-ahead cake! It’s definitely a special occasion cake and will amaze your crowd! Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

These golden, fluffy buttermilk pancakes with apple inside make the perfect Saturday morning breakfast or brunch. This simple recipe makes perfect pancakes easy enough to whip up any day of the week! We call them Oladushki. Join our amazing membership to learn more recipes!

This is the Best Honey Cake Recipe for all occasions. Consisting of 16 layers of honey dough with creamy chocolate custard filling, this luxurious cake is perfect with tea or coffee. The honey cake is very popular in Latvia and Russian speaking countries. This honey cake is so soft and fantastic. It stays amazing in the fridge for several days, so this is also a great make-ahead cake! Join our amazing membership and learn more recipes!

This chocolate honey cake with prunes will be your favourite very soon. If you love honey cake, this is a very different twist to it and I love it! I wanted to create something more unique, with strong prunes and chocolate flavour. If you like chocolate, this cake will be for you, it is quite rich and very cakey! Join our membership to enjoy and learn our recipes, see our amazing website!