Craving something sweet and a little adventurous? This collection of 75 amazing desserts from around the world is like a passport for your taste buds! If you like rich, chocolatey treats or light, fruity delights, there’s something here for every sweet tooth. From Italy’s creamy tiramisu and France’s delicate macarons to Taiwanese Castella Cake and Spanish churros, these desserts bring a taste of culture and tradition to your kitchen.
Each dessert has its own story. Some are street food staples, others are saved for special celebrations, but all of them are delicious and worth trying. You don’t need to be a pro baker either. Many of these recipes are simple enough to make at home, with ingredients you can find at your local store.
This list isn’t just about sugar, it’s about connection, discovery, and a bit of fun. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite or get inspired to try something completely different. Either way, these 75 global sweets are a celebration of the joy that dessert brings, no matter where you are. So grab a spoon (or a fork) and let’s take a sweet trip around the world.
Mini Size Crème Caramel
This Mini Size Creme Caramel is a creamy dessert that's both easy to make and wonderfully indulgent. Originating from France, it's a timeless treat. It delights with its smooth, creamy texture and delicate caramel sauce. You can bake it in a big dish for sharing or in smaller portions for a special touch.
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Easy Australian Lamingtons
The Australian Lamingtons are nothing more than vanilla sponge cake squares, dipped in chocolate sauce and coated in desiccated coconut. So easy to prepare, but always so delightful.
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Opera Cake
Opera Cake is a rich French Cake, that uses one of the most loved flavor combinations, chocolate and coffee. The cake is consisting of layers of almond sponge cake soaked in coffee syrup, filled with coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache and topped with chocolate glaze.
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Chocolate Terrine with Chocolate Covered Strawberries
This Chocolate Terrine with Chocolate Covered Strawberries is the ultimate dessert combination for any chocolate lover. The smooth and velvety texture of the Chocolate Terrine pairs perfectly with the sweet and juicy flavor of the chocolate-covered strawberries.
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Vanilla Soufflé
These vanilla souffles are simply out of this world. So fluffy with a mousse like texture, almost melting in your mouth, light and airy and full of vanilla flavor. Such an amazing way of finishing your lunch or dinner. Enjoy!
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Kvæfjordkake – Norwegian Verdens Beste – World’s Best Cake
I am so glad to share with you an amazing Norwegian cake, called Kvæfjordkake – or Verdens Beste ( World's Best Cake) that is absolutely delightful. This cake consists of two layers of soft vanilla sponge cake topped with crispy baked meringue and toasted almonds filled with smooth and creamy vanilla custard and whipping cream.
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Chocolate Taiwanese Castella Cake
This Chocolate Taiwanese Castella Cake is simply delightful and irresistible. It has the same delicate texture as the vanilla version, but with a soft, moist, fluffy, and chocolaty crumb that will leave your taste buds wanting more. This cake is perfect for chocolate lovers who want to try a new and exciting dessert.
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Eclair Cake – Karpatka – Polish Carpathian Mountain Cream Cake
Karpatka – Eclair Cake, also known as Polish Carpathian Mountain Cream Cake, is a delightful dessert that has captured the hearts of pastry lovers around the world. This cake is essentially a giant cream puff or eclair, made up of two layers of choux pastry that are filled with a generous amount of vanilla cream
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Kremšnita – Krempita – Cremeschnitte – Vanilla Custard Cake
This delicious dessert made of sheets of crispy puff pastry, filled with vanilla custard is very familiar in many European countries and it is known under various names: cremeschnitte, krempita, kremšnita, krémes, cremsnit, cremes and so on. No matter how is called it is definitely a dessert you need to try at least once in a lifetime.
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Raspberry Mille Feuille (Napoleon)
This Raspberry Mille Feuille is amazing. The raspberries bring a refreshing fruity flavor that makes it one of the best summer treats.
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Angel Food Cake
Angel Food Cake is a delightful airy cake, fluffy like a cloud, with a white light crumb and a golden crisp crust that is simply amazing. It pairs well with fresh berries and a bit of whipped cream or ice cream on the side.
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Raspberry Macarons – Italian Meringue
These raspberry macarons made with white chocolate and raspberry filling are one of my favorite combinations, the sweetness of the shells are very well balanced by the tart raspberries.
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Berry Pavlova
Berry Pavlova is an irresistible dessert, one of the best summer desserts ever. The meringues are very light and delicate, with a crisp crust and soft marshmallow like interior. Their sweetness is so well balanced with the tart fresh seasonal berries, and lightly sweet whipped cream.
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Taiwanese Castella Cake
Are you looking to create the Perfect Taiwanese Castella Cake? Look no further! This sponge cake is a delicate, airy, and light treat that is simply irresistible. If you are a fan of this classic recipe this guide will help you make a mouth-watering sponge cake that is sure to please.
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Japanese Cheesecake
Japanese Cheesecake is one of the best cheesecakes I have ever made so far. It is very delicate, with a soft, moist, light and fluffy crumb, hardly to resist eating only one slice.
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Tres Leches Cake
Tres Leches cake is a popular Mexican and Latin American dessert consisting of a vanilla sponge cake soaked in three types of milk: evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and whipping cream and then topped with whipped cream. This cake is very light and soft in texture and it has an amazing flavor, no wonder why this Tres Leches cake has gained so much popularity all over the world.
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Pastéis de Nata – Portuguese Custard Tarts
Pastéis de Nata – Portuguese Custard Tarts are a popular Portuguese dessert loved worldwide. It consists of a crispy flaky buttery crust filled with a smooth creamy custard filling dusted with cinnamon and powdered sugar as a final touch. It is an incredible and amazing experience for your taste buds and you can hardly stop from eating only one tart.
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Chocolate Tart – Tarte au Chocolat
This French Chocolate Tart is a luxurious and indulgent dessert that is sure to satisfy any chocolate lover's cravings. It is a classic French pastry that consists of a buttery pastry crust and a rich chocolate filling.
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Cheesecake Flan
Cheesecake Flan is a very delicate and elegant dessert that can be prepared for any occasion. It is rich with a smooth, silky texture and the delicious caramel syrup is making it absolutely irresistible.
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German Mocha Mole Cake – Maulwurfkuchen
This German Mocha Mole Cake is made with a chocolate cake, filled with bananas, mocha whipped cream with chocolate, and coated into chocolate cake crumbs.
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Pistachio Raspberry Mini Eclairs
These Pistachio Raspberry Mini Eclairs are delightful pastries that combine the irresistible flavors of pistachios and tangy raspberry into a bite-sized treat. These fancy treats feature delicate pastry shells filled with creamy pistachio cream and homemade raspberry jam. They are finished with a drizzle of melted white chocolate and topped with chopped pistachios and fresh raspberry halves.
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Austrian Germknödel – Yeast Dumplings
Germknödel is a large yeast dough dumpling, slightly sweet, filled with a thick plum jam called Powidl, steamed and served hot with a vanilla sauce and a mixture of ground poppy seeds and powdered sugar on top. This can be served either as dessert or as a main dish and it is one of the best dishes to serve in a cold winter day.
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Quick Apple Strudel with Puff Pastry and Vanilla Sauce
Enjoy the delicious flavor of ApfelStrudel with our Quick Apple Strudel with Puff Pastry and Vanilla Sauce. This scrumptious dessert combines the sweet goodness of apples with the flaky golden puff pastry and creamy vanilla sauce.
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German Apple Streusel Cake – Apfelkuchen mit Streusel
This flavorful German Apple Streusel Cake is one of the best apple desserts for cozy fall days, with juicy apple and cinnamon filling and crispy buttery almond crumble on top.
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Vanilla Eclairs
Eclairs are a great French dessert, made from choux pastry, filled with cream and then topped usually with fondant icing. For topping there are many variations, but making a simple and quick chocolate ganache seemed just perfect for me.
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Chocolate Almond Battenberg Cake
Battenberg Cake is an impressive cake originating in England, consisting of two different color sponge cakes assembled in a chequered pattern, bonded together with apricot jam and covered with homemade marzipan.
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Basque Burnt Cheesecake
The Basque Burnt Cheesecake, inspired by La Vina from San Sebastian, Spain, stands out as one of the best cheesecakes ever made. With this recipe, there's no room for error. No need for elaborate techniques— even the parchment paper is rustic-lined. There's no fussing over oven temperatures, water bath baking, or allowing it to cool gradually.
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Cherry Clafoutis
This recipe for cherry clafoutis is one of the easiest French desserts you can ever make and absolutely amazing. A custard like base and lots of fresh cherries on top, sprinkled with a bit of powdered sugar, it is best served warm either as a dessert or even for breakfast.
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Fraisier – French Strawberry Cake
Fraisier is one of the most elegant strawberry cakes I have made so far. A decadent French dessert consisting of two layers of almond genoise cake soaked in kirsch liqueur syrup, filled with mousseline cream and fresh strawberries and topped with a flavorful homemade marzipan.
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Paris-Brest
Paris-Brest is made from a ring of choux pastry filled with praline mousseline cream and decorated with flaked almonds and powdered sugar, imitating the shape of the bicycle wheel. It is obviously a high calorie dessert that gave energy to riders, soon became very popular and now is a dessert known worldwide.
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Choux au Craquelin – Crispy Cream Puffs
Choux au Craquelin are mini cream puffs topped with a sweet crispy topping, called craquelin, that are simply hard to resist.
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Tiramisu
Nothing goes better in a hot summer day than a chilled dessert. Tiramisu is one of these irresistible desserts that is so easily to put together and requires no cooking.It is rich and fluffy, literally melts in your mouth. No wonder why everybody loves it that much.
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Tarte Tatin
Tarte Tatin is a delightful classic French dessert perfect for cold autumn days. Apples are caramelized in a caramel sauce, topped with a buttery crust and baked until crispy. The tart is turned almost immediately upside down, showing the beautiful caramelized apples on top while some of the caramel sauce is dripping onto the serving platter.
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Banoffee Pie
Banoffee Pie – delicious biscuit crust, caramel and flavored ripe bananas for filling, topped with coffee flavored whipped cream and crispy chocolate curls.
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Chocolate Pecan Pie
This Chocolate Pecan Pie is a rich chocolaty nutty dessert perfect for fall days and holiday season. Flaky buttery pie crust filled with crunchy pecans and chocolate filling… by far one of the best combinations ever.
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Torta Caprese – Flourless Chocolate Almond Cake
Torta Caprese is a traditional cake of the beautiful island of Capri from Italy. It is a dense, moist flourless chocolate cake enriched with ground almonds that bring a great flavor and texture. .Also as no flour is used makes this dessert a perfect choice for those in search of gluten-free dessers.
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Potato Fresh Plum Dumplings
Potato Plum Dumplings are a delicious comforting dish known in many European countries. Potato dough is wrapped around fresh prune plums, formed into balls, and then boiled until the plum is tender. The dumplings are then immediately coated with sweetened cinnamon-toasted buttery breadcrumbs.
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Moelleux au Chocolat (Chocolate Lava Cake)
This Chocolate Lava Cake or Moelleux au Chocolat is one of the best chocolate desserts, smooth, and delicate with its' crusty top while the inside is still runny, making it simply irresistible.
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Estonian Kringle – Cinnamon Braid Bread
Easy recipe for rich and buttery Estonian Kringle, a mouth-watering cinnamon wreath. Soft interior, crusty top, perfect for breakfast or holidays.
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Peach Cookies
Peach Cookies are an impressive dessert perfect for summer days, that looks and taste like peaches. These cookies are known worldwide and usually are made during the holiday season reminding to many of us of the beautiful days of childhood.
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Chocolate Pots de Crème
Satisfy your sweet tooth with these delightful Chocolate Pots de Crème, a creamy, heavenly dessert that's pure chocolate bliss. They're made with the best chocolate, milk, smooth whipping cream, a hint of coffee and a touch of sweetness, all mixed into a super-soft custard.
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Caramel Panna Cotta
This Caramel Panna Cotta is a sophisticated and delicate , eggless and gluten-free Italian dessert that combines the creamy elegance of panna cotta with the rich, deep flavor of caramel. It is a delectable finish to any meal, whether it’s a casual dinner or a special occasion.
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Caramel Carrot Cake
This incredible Caramel Carrot Cake recipe, with its two layers of moist carrot cake and delicious frosting, will leave your taste buds in heaven.
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Flan Cake
Flan Cake is an irresistible dessert that combines the smooth silky flan with a moist vanilla sponge cake and caramel topping.
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Double Chocolate Brownies
These Double Chocolate Brownies are the best brownies you can ever make, as they are rich and delicious with a crunchy top and soft interior. The truly heavenly moment is when you savor the melted chopped chocolate within.
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Lemon Meringue Tart
This Lemon Meringue Tart is a perfect refreshing dessert for spring or summer days. Its tangy flavorful lemon filling makes such a good pair with the crispy crust and smooth toasted meringue on top. The high meringue topping makes this tart look so decadent and totally irresistible.
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Apple Pie
This leaves-decorated Apple Pie is a great way to celebrate the year’s most colorful season. It is a comforting pie, with a buttery flaky crust filled with sweet, cinnamon apple filling, a memorable dessert to enjoy with your loved ones.
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Strawberry Panna Cotta
Elegant, and refreshing strawberry panna cotta, perfect for summer days. You can replace strawberries with other berries, cherries, peaches or apricots.
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Classic Cheesecake
This classic cheesecake is one of the best desserts ever, rich and decadent and hardly can stop to one slice. The cheesecake can be served plain but feel free to top it with your favorite fruits for a beautiful presentation
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Poppy Seed Babka
This delightful Poppy Seed Babka is a beloved pastry enjoyed in various countries around the world. It features a fluffy dough filled with a generous amount of poppy seed meringue filling. It is a perfect addition to your holiday table or for pairing with your morning cup of coffee or afternoon tea.
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Chocolate Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
Chocolate Cream Cheese Bundt Cake- moist chocolatey cake filled with a creamy cream cheese and topped with chocolate ganache, a true delight.
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Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Roll
Pumpkin Roll is one of the most classic desserts for the Thanksgiving table that everybody loves. Make this cake the star of the evening by adding caramel, toasted pecans, which bring an amazing flavor and texture that will surely delight and impress all your guests and family.
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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Who could resist homemade cinnamon rolls? Rich and fluffy, with their soft, buttery interior they are irresistible. You can hardly stop to only one roll.
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White Chocolate Raspberry Crepe Cake
This White Chocolate Raspberry Crepe Cake is one of the most delicious ways of serving crepes, a decadent dessert made with about 25 crepes topped one upon the other, filled with homemade raspberry and white chocolate cream cheese fillings.
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Apricot Frangipane Tart
Apricot Frangipane Tart is one of the most delicious tarts ever. Buttery flaky crust, almond filling topped with ripe sliced apricots, by far one of the best summer tarts. Apricots might be my favorite fruits for tarts as their flavor is enhanced when cooked and they bring an amazing flavor to any dessert.
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Easy Panettone Recipe – Perfect for the Holidays
Panettone is the ultimate Italian holiday treat, soft, fluffy, and bursting with sweet, citrusy flavor. With this Easy Panettone recipe, you can make your own panettone at home without any stress. It is perfect for breakfast, dessert, or gifting to loved ones.
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No-Bake Chocolate Biscuit Cake
No Bake Chocolate Biscuit Cake, many of us are familiar with it since childhood, in various shapes and forms. Chocolaty, rich dessert made with crushed biscuits, chocolate syrup and toasted nuts, hard not to fall in love with it.
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Chocolate Milk Slice Cake – Kinder Chocolate Milk Slice
If you love the world-renowned Chocolate Milk Slice from Kinder you should definitely try this recipe at home. The cake consists of two thin layers of chocolate sponge filled with an airy and fluffy milk frosting that is enriched with a bit of honey. Everybody loves this chocolate sweet sandwich cake that simply melts in your mouth.
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Homemade Eggless Churros
These Homemade Eggless Churros are an amazing and delightful treat, consisting of strips of fried dough that are coated into a sugar and cinnamon mixture and served dipped in chocolate sauce or dulce de leche…. who could resist such a treat?
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Chocolate Japanese Cheesecake
Japanese Cheesecake is by far one of my favorite cheesecakes I’ve ever done. This chocolate version is totally irresistible, light, fluffy and chocolaty, with a moist texture resembling a souffle.
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Double Chocolate Biscotti
These Double Chocolate Biscotti are one of the best chocolate cookie recipes to serve alongside coffee. Biscotti are different from other cookies as they are baked twice, making them crispy and perfect to be dipped into the hot coffee. They are very easy to prepare and are also a great treat for kids as well.
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Chocolate Royal – Trianon
As a chocolate lover I simply fell in love with this elegant French dessert called Chocolate Royal or Trianon. A hazelnut and almond dacquoise topped with a crunchy praline, covered in chocolate mousse and a cocoa mirror glaze. What not to love about this?
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Cannoli Siciliani
Crispy pastry tubes filled with a flavorful ricotta filling and dipped in chopped crunchy pistachios… beautiful flavor and texture combination and hardly you can stop from eating just one.
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Cream Tart
Whether known as Cream Tart, Number Cake, or Alphabet Cake this dessert is simply impressive. Very easy to prepare and looks quite astonishing. Cookie layers filled with various frostings and decorated with fresh berries, flowers, and even macarons seem to be one of the cakes in trend this year.
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Chocolate Basque Burnt Cheesecake
I simply fell in love with this Chocolate Basque Burnt Cheesecake. It is a dessert that I simply couldn’t miss. It is so silky, smooth, rich and chocolatey, that there is no way not to fall in love with it from the first bite.
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Baked Alaska
Baked Alaska is one of the best summer desserts as it is refreshing, creamy and looks absolutely impressive. A layer of chocolate brownie topped with homemade strawberry and vanilla ice cream, with chocolate inserts, everything topped with a toasted meringue. It is totally irresistible.
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Neapolitan Ice Cream Cake
This Neapolitan Ice Cream Cake combines the timeless flavors of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream topped on a rich, fudgy brownie. Perfect for celebrations or as a refreshing treat on a warm day.
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Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
If you love Tres Leches Cake you should definitely try the chocolate one too. It is moist, and rich in chocolate flavor, hard not to fall in love with it. This chocolate version is made of a cocoa sponge cake, soaked in the three types of milk enriched with cocoa powder and then topped with chocolate whipped cream. Definitely a pleasure for chocolate lovers.
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Strawberry Swiss Roll
Strawberry Swiss Roll. This is a delicate refreshing cake perfect for warm days of spring and summer. A vanilla sponge cake is filled with fresh homemade strawberry jam and vanilla flavored cream cheese frosting, served with fresh strawberries, such a wonderful dessert to prepare for your family and guests.
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Butter Cookies (Pastisetas)
These Butter Cookies, also known as Pastisetas, have a tender interior that practically melts in your mouth, complemented by a slight crispiness on the outer layer. With their buttery richness, they make a delightful accompaniment to morning tea or coffee, or simply enjoy them as a satisfying snack.
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Medovik – Russian Honey Cake
Medovik cake, also known as Russian Honey Cake, is a popular dessert that consists of layers of soft, honey cookie-like layers and creamy frosting. The cake is made with sour cream frosting and is a beloved treat in many countries, especially in Eastern Europe and Russia.
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Red Velvet Cake
Red Velvet Cake – soft and moist interior with a great flavor combination coming from vanilla, cocoa powder and buttermilk.
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Key Lime Pie
Key Lime Pie is an elegant and delicate dessert perfect for holidays or any other occasion. It has a smooth, silky, tart and sweet filling that makes a great impression everywhere.
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Black Forest Cake
Black Forest Cake is the well known German cake, that is made with layers of chocolate sponge cake filled with whipped cream and kirsch soaked cherries, decorated with chocolate and more cherries.
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Ding Dong Cake – Moist Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Cream Filling
Ding Dong cake is a delightful dessert that is sure to impress. It is rich, decadent, and indulgent, making it the perfect treat for any special occasion or simply to satisfy your sweet tooth.
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With 75 incredible desserts from around the world, this collection is your sweet escape to every corner of the globe. From classic European pastries to bold and colorful street sweets from Asia and Latin America, each dessert brings a taste of its culture and a bit of joy to your kitchen. I hope you’ll feel inspired to try a few—and maybe even discover a new favorite along the way! If you do, tag me on Instagram so I can see your creations!
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