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…are so-so good!!! The traditional cakes seem to have stuck around. Roshen has bought up some of the specialty cake bakeries (and cheapened the ingredients, brr). But others, like the old trusty Kyiv city bakery (supplies to most supermarkets) makes the best “Kyiv”, “Prague”, “Truffle” ever!! Those three are all-time classics and serve for a perfect guest treat/indulgent breakfast afterwards.

The Kyiv cake requires an aquired taste to enjoy it. It’s dry, based on ?bize flour, full of nuts and heaviest cream topping . It comes in special chestnut-leaf themed box (chestnut must be on city coat of arms or sth like that, its blossoms here are as big as cherry blossoms in D.C… and Japan, wher they-cherry trees – came from).

My friend who was in Peace Corps at the time set her mind on opening a Ukrainian Cake backery in the States upon her return. This is something that Europeans are so used to and what the US really lacks. I hope she fared well but D.C. still does not have a restaurant with a decent dessert menu (well, as of six months ago since I’ve been there last).

Tags: food, Kyiv

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