

Week 129: Japanese Cheesecake
Japanese cheesecakes are also known as Japanese cotton cheesecake or jiggly cake. No matter the name, you will definitely be getting seconds of this fluffy cheesecake. Jump to the recipe! Japanese cheesecake was invented in the 1970s and was actually inspired by a German cheesecake called kasekuchen. I will definitely be trying to bake that soon! Japanese chefs adapted kasekuchen by reducing the fat and creating a lighter and more airy cheesecake instead. The cake was a hit a

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Week 128: Mokkapalat
Mokkapalat is a chocolate sheet cake topped with a delicious mocha frosting from Finland. Jump to the recipe! The recipe was first published in Sju sorters kakor, a Swedish cookbook, in 1945. It was later translated into Finnish. Although the original recipe called for chocolate, the Finnish translations replaced the chocolate with cocoa as it was cheaper. In Finnish Mokkapalt means a piece of suede. The treat gained popularity in the 1980s and was commonly served at parties

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Week 127: Kyiv Cake
A Kyiv cake is a decadent cake. It features layers of vanilla sponge, hazelnut meringue, and chocolate frosting. Jump to the recipe! It was created in 1956 in the Karl Marx Confectionary Factory. The meringue was first filled with cashews, which were supplied by India, a developing ally of the USSR. As it turns out, cashews became too expensive, so the meringue was filled with hazelnuts instead. This cake is certainly a labor of love, but is also an explosion of flavors and

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Oct 32 min read

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