Welsh Cakes / Pice ar y maen
In Welsh, the name of these cakes are called "cakes on the stone." These currant studded treats are made like a scone but cooked on a griddle like a pancake.
French Chocolate Tart / Tarte au Chocolat
A French tart made with a pâte sablée crust and filled with a chocolate ganache. The filling is set in the fridge, leaving the crust as the only element to bake.
Russian Cheesecake Buns / Vatrushka /Ватрушка
These sweet cheese filled buns are a Russian classic. The dough is lightly sweet, buttery, and yeasted, with a sweet farmer's cheese filling.
Provencal King’s Brioche / Brioche des rois provençales
Brioche style king cake from Provence, France. Flavored with orange blossom water, orange zest, and candied fruit, this is the Southern French dessert eaten on Epiphany to celebrate the day the 3 kings came to...
Swiss Gingerbread Cake / Luzerner Lebkuchen
A gingerbread cake from Lucerne, Switzerland, made with a regional product called Birnendicksaft, or concentrated pear syrup.
English Mince Pies
Mini pies filled with dried fruit, spices, sugar, and brandy/rum. Set out mince pies and sherry on Christmas Eve for Father Christmas!
German Almond Horn Cookies / Mandelhörnchen
A German Christmas cookie made with shortcrust dough with almond flour, topped with almonds and dipped in chocolate.
German Linzer Cookies / Spitzbuben
A sandwich style German Christmas cookie made with ground nuts in the dough. Traditional flavors of jelly for the center include red currant, apricot, and seedless raspberry.
German Cinnamon Star Cookies / Zimtsterne
A German Christmas cookie made from egg whites, sugar, and ground almonds and flavored with cinnamon. This recipe is naturally gluten free.