Pączki – Polish doughnuts
30.08.21

Pączki – Polish doughnuts

In Poland, pączki are eaten on Fat Thursday (Tłusty Czwartek) in February to mark the last Thursday before Lent fasting begins. Pączki are made from especially rich dough containing a lot of eggs, butter, sugar, yeast and milk. Traditionally, they are filled

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Mini strawberry doughnuts
30.08.21

Mini strawberry doughnuts

Mini doughnuts stuffed with whipped cream and strawberries. Coated in sugar. They’re half the size of traditional doughnuts but don’t worry, the whipped cream with strawberries really fills you up ;-). 

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Polish raspberry kołaczki
30.08.21

Polish raspberry kołaczki

This is a recipe for traditional cheese cookies called Kołaczki. I’ve known of them before from other cultures, but even though they’re Polish, I’m not sure of their origin. We call them Kołaczki. It is a simple cookie pastry made from flour, butter and cream

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Pineapple upside-down cake
30.08.21

Pineapple upside-down cake

The famous, old-fashioned American classic – “pineapple upside-down cake”. If I had spent my childhood in the USA, this cake would have been my favourite dessert :). The pineapple rings are placed on the bottom of the baking tin, and then the cake is flipped

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