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Hungarian Desserts

Here you'll find many recipes for Hungarian desserts.

Stuffed Peaches Recipe - Hungarian Toltott Oszibarack

This recipe for Hungarian stuffed peaches or toltott oszibarack features a nut, sour cream and candied ginger filling.

Stuffed Pears Recipe - Hungarian Toltott Korte

This recipe for Hungarian stuffed pears or toltott korte features a nut, sour cream and candied ginger filling.

Varga Strudel Cake Recipe - Hungarian Vargabeles

This recipe for Hungarian varga strudel cake or vargabeles is unusual in that a strudel dough base is topped with a mixture of sauteed noodles, cottage cheese, eggs, sugar and sour cream.

Hungarian Trifle Recipe - Somloi Galuska

This decadent Hungarian trifle recipe or somloi galuska consists of three layers of sponge cake, pastry cream and chocolate sauce.

Hungarian Plain Sponge Cake Recipe #2

This Hungarian sponge cake recipe can be the base for many elegant desserts.

Hungarian Cocoa Sponge Cake Recipe

This Hungarian cocoa sponge cake recipe can be the base for many elegant desserts.

Hungarian Walnut Sponge Cake Recipe

This Hungarian walnut sponge cake recipe can be the base for many elegant desserts.

Sour Cherry Cake Recipe #2 - Hungarian Cseresznyes Lepeny

This Hungarian cherry cake recipe or cseresznyes lepeny is a simple dessert featuring sour cherries and made with yeast.

Sour Cherry Cake Recipe #1 - Hungarian Cseresznyes Lepeny

This Hungarian cherry cake recipe or cseresznyes lepeny is a simple dessert featuring sour cherries.

Apple Meringue Pancake Torte Recipe - Hungarian Almas Palacsinta

This Hungarian recipe for apple meringue torte is made with thin crepe-like pancakes called palacsinta.

Spanish Wind Cake Recipe - Spanische Windtorte

This recipe for Spanish Windtorte is one of the classic desserts in the Austro-Hungarian tradition.

How to Make Spanish Windtorte

These step-by-step photo instructions demonstrate how to make a Spanish windtorte.

Hungarian Curd Cheesecake Recipe - Turos Lepeny

This recipe for Hungarian curd cheesecake or turos lepeny is usually baked in a rectangular pan rather than a round pan.

Hungarian Desserts to Die For

Hungary is renowned for its fine pastries, some of them borrowed from Austria who borrowed from the French. In any case, Hungarians have created a delightful repertoire of rich desserts and stories to match.

Basic Sponge Cake Recipe - Hungarian Piskotatekercs

This basic recipe for Hungarian sponge cake or piskotatekercs can be used for rolled or layered desserts.

Raspberry-Cream Roulade Recipe - Hungarian Malna Piskotatekercs

Hungarian Raspberry Cream Roll or malna piskotatekercs uses a sponge cake base, raspberry jam, and fresh raspberries and whipped cream.

Esterhazy Torte Recipe - Hungarian Esterhazy Torta

Esterhazy torte is a rich dessert consisting of chocolate buttercream sandwiched between four layers of sponge cake.

Easy Hungarian Esterhazy Torte Recipe

This is an easy version of Esterhazy torte, which is a rich multilayered Hungarian dessert.

Hungarian Cream Puffs Recipe - Indianer

This recipe for Hungarian Cream Puffs - Indianer - is filled with sweetened whipped cream.

Hungarian Dobosh Torte Recipe - Dobos Torta

This Hungarian Dobosh Torte recipe sports seven layers filled with chocolate buttercream and topped with a caramel layer.

Hungarian Chocolate Mousse Cake Recipe - Sutemeny Rigo Jancsi

This recipe for Hungarian Chocolate Mousse Cake - Sutemeny Rigo Jancsi - is made with a chocolate sponge cake, chocolate mousse and chocolate glaze.

Hungarian Poached Peaches Recipe - Barack Kompot

This recipe for Hungarian Poached Peaches - Barack Kompot - is an easy dessert for summer's bounty of peaches.

Hungarian Plum Dumplings - Szilvas Gomboc

Hungarian plum dumplings are made with a mashed potato dough.

Hungarian Sweet Pancakes - Palacsinta

Hungarian palacsinta sweet pancakes are like crepes or nalesniki or palachinke.

Hungarian Stacked Pancakes - Rakott Palacsinta

Hungarian Stacked Pancakes is a dessert made with crepes or pancakes known as palascinta and filled with jam.

Hungarian Sweet Cabbage Strudel

Hungarian Sweet Cabbage Strudel pinch hits for Hungarian apple strudel.

Hungarian Cold Peach Soup Recipe - Hideg Oszibarack Leves

Hungarian Cold Peach Soup - Hideg Oszibarack Leves - can be served as a meal starter or a sweet meal finale.

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