”You have to taste a culture to understand it.”

– Deborah Cater

Sweet recipes

Homemade classic puff pastry on a cutting board

HOW TO MAKE PUFF PASTRY

Homemade cottage cheese in a bowl

HOW TO MAKE COTTAGE CHEESE

Pastries

Close up of several pieces of Danish leftover pastry cake "Student bread"

DANISH “STUDENT BREAD”

LEMON MAGDALENAS OR MUFFINS

Lots of homemade stollenkonfekt or stollen bites dusted with powdered sugar arranged on a plate

STOLLEN BITES (STOLLENKONFEKT)

Pastry cream buns dusted with some powdered sugar.

PASTRY CREAM BUNS

Cinnamon rolls arranged on a plate with one cinnamon roll up close.

CINNAMON ROLLS

Many freshly baked magdalenas on a dark plate

SPANISH MAGDALENAS

Many madeleines arranged on a dark blue plate and dusted with powdered sugar. A small cup of coffee in the background.

FRENCH MADELEINES

Apple mini tarts arranged on a dark blue plate and dusted with powdered sugar.

APPLE PUFF PASTRY TARTS

Freshly baked cream puff with whipped cream filling on a plate. Decorated with raspberries, mint leaves and powdered sugar.

CREAM PUFFS

Desserts

Three homemade cottage cheese pancakes topped with red berry jam stacked and served on a plate

COTTAGE CHEESE PANCAKES

A slice of no bake chocolate cake (chocolate salami) served on a plate

NO BAKE CHOCOLATE COOKIE CAKE

Baked cottage cheese and carrot dessert with semolina and red berry sauce on a white plate

COTTAGE CHEESE AND CARROT DESSERT

Chocolate lava cake decorated with raspberries and oranges and powdered sugar. A piece of lava cake has been taken out and chocolate lava is flowing.

CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE

Chocolate flan on a plate, covered with white chocolate sauce and chocolate sprinkles.

CHOCOLATE FLAN

Many torrijas, Spanish bread pudding slices, arranged on a dark blue plate. The torrijas are covered with honey and sugar syrup.

TORRIJAS – SPANISH TOAST

Freshly baked strawberry flaugnarde (clafoutis) in a clay baking dish.

STRAWBERRY FLAUGNARDE

Sheet Cakes

A hand holding a piece of a layered cottage cheese apple sheet cake dusted with cinnamon.

APPLE AND COTTAGE CHEESE SHEET CAKE

Several pieces of Latvian carrot sheet cake up close showing thick layer of carrot filling and a thin layer of yeast dough base

CARROT SHEET CAKE

Strawberry Swiss roll cake with two slices cut on a piece of parchment paper with several strawberries around.

STRAWBERRY ROLL CAKE

Lemon pudding cake with some pieces cut on a parchment paper with a fork next to it. A coffee cup in the background.

LEMON PUDDING CAKE

Cakes

Homemade golden and slightly crusty goat cheese cheesecake with a slice cut on a plate.

GOAT CHEESE CHEESECAKE

New Year's cake in a bundt cake shape with lemon and powdered sugar glaze with one piece cut

NEW YEAR’S CAKE

Close up of Roscon de Reyes decorated with orange slices, candied cherries and sugar crumbs with one piece cut

ROSCON DE REYES

A big kringle ( klinģeris ), sweet pretzel, up close with a piece of it cut and on a plate in the the background

SWEET PRETZEL ( lATVIAN KLINGERIS )

Small, fresh and light homemade apple mousse cake made with apple puree and Greek yoghurt; decorated with coconut snowballs on a plate.

APPLE MOUSSE CAKE WITH GREEK YOGHURT

German style orange cheesecake with cookie crumb outside

GERMAN STYLE ORANGE CHEESECAKE

French chocolate cake dusted with powdered sugar and with two strawberries next to it.

FRENCH CHOCOLATE CAKE

Condensed milk cake on a white plate and white towel

CONDENSED MILK BUNDT CAKE

Pineapple upside-down cake with one slice cut and put on top of the cake.

PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE

A hand holding a piece of apple cake generously dusted with powdered sugar.

FRENCH APPLE CAKE

Orange cake with a few oranges next to it.

VALENCIA ORANGE CAKE

Cookies

Many calla flower cookies with red jelly arranged on a plate and dusted with powdered sugar.

CALLA FLOWER COOKIES

Several chocolate crackle cookies on a plate and on the table. A coffee cup with colourful spots in the background.

CHOCOLATE CRACKLE COOKIES

Many homemade crispy and thin gingerbread cookies in different shapes on a dark blue plate.

CRISPY GINGERBREAD COOKIES

A dark blue plate filled with homemade round, flower shape sandwich cookies, which have red berry jam in the middle, dusted with powdered sugar.

SANDWICH COOKIES WITH JAM

ALMOND COOKIES

Four coffee cookies stacked one on another by a white mug. Another cookie placed sideways next to the four.

COFFEE COOKIES WITH NUTS AND CHOCOLATE