Hi readers! Welcome back for the last stop on this baking trip! I’ve finally made it! The last and finally stop is Russia! Well…western Russia. Russia is a massive country, and some of it is considered Asia, and some of it is considered part of continental Europe. The later is the part I’ve tried to…
Azerbaijan: Badambura
Hello everyone!! It’s been SO LONG since I posted last!! I have been the queen of procrastinating, its been MONTHS since I have posted!! Aaahhh! But we’re FINALLY back to finish off this European baking tour with the last few stops on this trip! We’re hitting up Azerbaijan this week! A country I knew basically…
Armenia: Nutmeg Cake
Hey all! This week I’m comin at ya with a delicious, spicy Armenian nutmeg cake! Armenia, for any who dont know where it is, is a landlocked country, situated in between Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Its equipped with some beautiful mountains, some old castles and lots of long and interesting history! Although…I couldn’t find…
Georgia: Nazuki
Welcome back friends, this week I’m comin’ at ya with a shorter post than usual. So I’m nearing the end of this trip! I only have four countries left! And this week, its’ Georgia! Nazuki bread is a spiced raisin bread that’s traditionally cooked in an oddly shaped cylindrical stone oven, that’s open on the…
Cyprus: Flaounes
Today, I’m visiting Cyprus! That pretty little piece of Europe chillin in the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean cuisine is almost always delicious in my experience, and these cheesy pastries are no exception! As Cyprus is a tiny island off the coast of Turkey….I knew next to nothing about it. But I’ve learned that Cyprus has a…
Turkey: Pistachio Baklava
Next: Turkey! So many months ago, when I was planning this baking expedition through Europe, when I came to Turkey to decide what I should make for this country, I immediately thought “Baklava.” I just sort of assumed baklava was a Turkish thing. I knew baklava was common in many of these kind of south-eastern…
Bulgaria: Banitsa
Now we arrive in Bulgaria! So as per tradition with these eastern European countries, I don’t know much about them, other than the safe assumption that they’re beautiful, and yet again, I’m right: AAaaaaahhhh! But hey, I do know ONE thing about Bulgaria. I know they had a very good quidditch team in 1994! They…
Greece: Tsoureki
Greece! Yet another country on my list of places to go! I had a friend visit Greece once and looking at her beautiful pictures, the entire place looks like it came off a post card. Reminds me of Italy. Where everywhere looked like pictures and films and it was unreal. Greece seems similar. I mean…
Macedonia: Vanilici
And now we come to Macedonia!…finally! I apologize if anyone has been anxiously awaiting my next post! I’ve taken a little over a month off from this baking adventure due to some life happenings that needed attention, a job change, and some other projects that I focused on for a bit! And all that mixed…
Albania: Byrek me Spinaq
Next up: Albania! I did a little Google image search on Albania to give myself a bit of a visual of what this country looks like, and the first picture that caught my eye was this: …..WHAT?!?! THIS IS A REAL PLACE?!?! I used to spend a lot of time on deviantArt, and followed some…
Kosovo: Flija
Well this is a very interesting dish, I must say. Interesting like the country itself! I read a little about Kosovo’s history, to give myself a little context, and wow does this particular piece of land have a past! I feel like I should have known more about the history of this particular area of…
Montenegro: Krempita
Ok first off, can we just take a second and appreciate how beautiful this place is?? Where I come from, there are no big mountain ranges within like 500 miles of me, so I freak out at places with mountains that are easy to come by. These pictures remind me of the Swiss Alps, which…
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