A delicious, crunchy and juicy rhubarb or apple crumble cake. Soft and mellow rhubarb cake with a crunchy top. I love a combination of tart rhubarb or apples and sweet dough.
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Simple Quark and Bread Pudding. Lihtne kohupiimavorm saiaga.
when I was a child, my mother used to make us simple everyday dessert. She smeared bread slices with quark cream and baked on the oven.
It was a delicious dessert or breakfast.
This dessert is inspired by this old retro dessert, but more difficult…:) I would say, that this dessert is for advanced…:)
because of .. you should add-on top of the bread slice, smeared with quark cream.. add some more layers 😉 more bread and more quark cream 😉
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Simple Anniversary Quark cake. Juubeli kohupiimakook
In Estonia is very popular a simple and very sweet Anniversary Quark cake. Anniversary because of for preparing this cake you need special ready-to-make cake powder “Juubeli”/anniversary.
All this combination is ultra sweet. But I believe, that reason for the popularity is simplicity. You should alternately put layers of quark cream and cake powder. and that is it!
It took from me time to figure out how to share this recipe with you. I believe you have not the same cake powder in your country 😉
I did different tests and now _I believe; I got the result, good and very similar to the origin. Ok, My recipe is not very sweet But you welcome to add as much sugar you like 😉
NB! Estonians usually add some apple or rhubarb slices as one middle layer or mixed in quark cream. Adding some fruits you get more moisture and delicious cake.
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Simple Yeast Free Cabbage Hand Pies. Pärmivabad kapsapirukad
Waiting for a white ship is something Estonian. This is a concept and myth about freedom.
The concept dates from 1861 when several hundred followers of the religious prophet Juhan Leinberg (the so-called prophet Maltsvet), mostly peasants, waited for a few weeks near Tallinn for a white ship to take them away to a more prosperous and free country. The concept soon spread widely because it was used in literature.
After the Soviet regime was restored in Estonia in 1944, the concept quickly acquired a specific meaning – the white ship stood for the end of Soviet power, either by means of the intervention by Western countries or by diplomatic pressure. Waiting for the white ship was a popular concept especially in the post-war decade, and the ruling regime had to work strenuously against it.
When outside is winter, without snow and cold. Concept about waiting for liberty and changes is still actual. Please, spring, come as soon as you can!
24 February is the national day of Estonia, marking its declaration of freedom in 1918. Celebrate with us !
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Simple Estonian Quark Buns by Säde. Säde kohupiimakuklid
These popular, no-fail Estonian quark buns are light, fluffy and delicious!
They are so easy to make; perfect for bread-making beginners and experts alike!
If you want one of the easiest, foolproof and delicious buns recipes around, this is it.
I got this recipe from Säde. Quark adds acidity and lightness. And meringue from egg whites complements with texture and crispy top.
Notice, I did not use sugar. I used this time sweet quark. If you are going to use regular quark add some sugar in.
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Simple and Delicious Sour Milk and Semolina Cake. Lihtne hapupiima- mannakook
Simple and Delicious Sour Milk and Semolina Cake. This one of the cakes that makes your fantasy work.
You can bake it as simple version or add lot of different ingredients and additives and get every day new cake.
Why not to add some berries. Or nuts. Or during wintertime little bit candied fruit and ginger and cinnamon. …
This cake would like to have the accompany a sauce or jelly or kissell.
Or just some fresh strawberries 🙂
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Vana Tallinn/ Old Tallinn cakes
Have you noticed that dishes made from leftovers are always very tasteful?! 🙂 Like pizza or seljanka.
Or in Estonia ” Komeet” candies and cakes ” Rum Balls”.
Rum Balls cakes are made from leftovers. All the cake edges that are left in the confectionery or bakery, will be mixed together. And the result is very delicious sweets. At home you probably have not to cake leftovers 🙂 This old-fashioned dessert is a delicious way to use up that leftover stale cake!
So use biscuits or sponge cake.
To make this cake more Estonian I replaced rum essence to liqueur Vana Tallinn/Old Tallinn. And the result is even better 🙂
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Cowberry and Rye Bread Cake. Rukkileiva ja pohlakook
This is real and very Estonian cake. And what is important: this is not baked cake. And what is more important; this is weight watchers cake 🙂 Quark and yoghurt have low-fat but full of protein. Fermented rye bread contains B group vitamins and good probiotic bacteria. And cowberries are a source of vitamins and antioxidants.
And forget this previous story:)
Prepare this because of taste and flavour not benefit 🙂
Quark and rye bread and cowberries give Estonian flavour. Wonderful combination of sour and sweet soft and crispy.
Did you know:
There has been a long debate over who erected the first Christmas tree, Tallinn or Riga. We’re not going to take sides, but some historical sources report that in 1441, the Brotherhood of Blackheads brought trees into their guild houses for the holidays in Reval (Tallinn). On the last night of holiday celebrations, the tree was taken to the Town Hall Square. This tradition still continues today in Tallinn’s Town Hall Square. If you’re looking to get your own tree this holiday, download the RMK mobile app, which shows you where you can cut your own tree from the state forests. Afterwards, you’re asked to pay a small fee, by internet bank transfer of course, and voilà , the tree is yours!
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Very Simple Chocolate Cake. Kakaokook
Pööripäev or Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year in Estonia, taking place on 21 December. On the solstice, there are only 6 hours of daylight, whereas, in summer, the longest day of the year has 18 hours of daylight.
Celebrate this day with Very Simple Chocolate Cake
A bitter-sweet old school retro cake. I like this cake because it is very easy to do. Just mix together all ingredients.
Pumpkin and Buckthorn Pudding Kõrvitsa- astelpajupuding
Look at the colours! This is so colourful and beautiful dessert. Pumpkin is sweet and buckthorn is sour and altogether you receive delicious and amazing dessert. I added some black currants to get more colour and flavours.
The pudding is soft and airy and fluffy like a cloud!
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Estonian Cuisine. Eesti Toit. 