Nowadays muffins, cupcakes, tiramisu, and doughnuts fill all shop windows and restaurant menus. Undoubtedly, these world desserts are delicious, but let’s refresh our memory about amazing sweet authentic dishes from Western Ukraine. It has been known about language borrowings and similarities in clothing ornaments of Ukrainians from Western Ukraine...
Pliatsok – Exquisite Ukrainian dessert, the king of Western Ukraine bakery
Pliatsky are one-of-a-kind bakery traditional for Western Ukraine. They represent something betwixt and between pies and cakes. In Lviv and Ternopil there is a dialectic word interpretation – “pastry that includes crusts, creams, and fillings.” It is no wonder that pliatsky are so loved by Ukrainians. They incorporate the...
Ukrainian cake – pliatsok “Stefanka”
Ukrainian cuisine is famous for its diverse in flavor and taste cakes, and one of them is pliatsok. This cake is the masterpiece of confectionery. In Lviv and Ternopil the world ‘pliatsok’ is explained as pastry, which combines crusts (baked in a rectangular shape), creams, and fillings. If you do...
Poppy seed cake with cherry jelly
This Ukrainian poppy cake is called pliatsok. It’s love at first bite. The layers of jelly and hard sauce give the poppy seed dessert a distinguished taste. Plus, this home cake is topped with milk chocolate for the ultimate treat. Once you try to cook this poppy pie, it will...