The best festive desserts from 22 countries of the world

In America, at Christmas, they like to eat candy canes, gingerbread and sugar cookies. But in other countries the festive dessert looks a little different. Today we wanted to tell you about sweets from other countries of the world, from 18-layer Norwegian cake to rolls, lavish buns, donuts and soufflé.

Tower-cake

In Norway, a cake of several layers of almond rings is popular on many holidays, including Christmas. Traditionally, he has 18 levels, decreasing in diameter to the top, like a pyramid, decorated with mini-flags of Norway.

Easy Pavlova Dessert

In Australia, many like the easy option to all the famous cake "Pavlova." Delicacy is a baked meringue, filled with berries and air cream.

Vanilla Kipferon

In Austria, vanilla rolls in the shape of a crescent are offered as treats. Many showcases of bakeries and kitchens of houses are decorated with this biscuit. It is made of a short pastry with vanilla and almonds.

Specula

This delicate crispy biscuit, which is prepared, as a rule, for the feast of St. Nicholas in the Netherlands. To make it, we use bizarre wooden molds-stamps, and to taste, the treats resemble gingerbread.

Rabanada

Brazilian version of French toasts, reserved for Christmas dinner. Only instead of maple, rabanade covered with syrup from spicy port wine.

"Chicken bones"

This spicy cinnamon caramel stuffed with bitter chocolate is a favorite of many Canadians. This treat divides people into two fronts: it can be either loved or hated.

Arosis Lech

Many Colombians are preparing this rice pudding for the New Year. Each family - according to its own recipe, but in the composition there must be milk, spices, raisins and rice.

Frittula

You can see a bowl of fritules on the table in every house in Croatia during New Year's holidays. These are small fried donuts with rum, citrus peel and raisins sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Trdelnik

At any time of the year on the streets of the Czech Republic you can try this amazing treat. Trdelnik - a thin strip of puff pastry, which is sprinkled with sugar, cinnamon and nuts, wrapped around the skewers and baked on fire. Inside, they are hollow, for which they got their name. In translation from the Czech "trdelnik" - a fool.

Pudding with figs

Pudding with figs, also known as pudding with raisins or Christmas, is a classic English dessert for Christmas. This pie-like treat is made from dried fruits and spices with a lot of alcohol. There's so much alcohol, you can set it on fire, which many Englishmen are doing.

Calisson

These are the traditional Provencal smooth chewing "snuffles" - candies with almonds and candied fruits, covered with a thin white glaze.

Melomakarona

Greek New Year can not be imagined without this treat. This is a biscuit biscuit with spices, walnuts and honey.

Lebkuchen

German cookies, the recipe of which is known from the 1300s. Dessert is generously seasoned with spices, and sweet taste is obtained thanks to the honey added to the dough, and the aysing.

Beigley

This baked roll stuffed with walnuts and poppy seeds cut into a paste is very popular in Hungary.

Laufabrau

From an incredibly thinly rolled sheet of pastry, I make laveliabrae cakes in Iceland, carving such ornaments on them.

Trifle

Fruit, whipped cream, custard and pieces of biscuit spread in a dessert kremanku and impregnated with wine. Driftle is a worthy substitute for Christmas pudding in Ireland.

Panetton

Roughly speaking, it's a big bread. Traditionally, Panetton is a sweet roll, reminiscent of our cakes, with orange and lemon zest and raisins. For the dough to rise well, it must be insisted for at least 12 hours. In Italy, no New Year can not do without panetton.

Jamaican cake

No resident of Jamaica will celebrate Christmas without a slice of this intoxicating cake. In its composition a mixture of dried fruits and a lot of rum.

Bunuelos

Such a dessert can be found in Brazil, and recipes will vary depending on the region. Food is very popular in Mexico. In Oaxaca, for example, bunuelos resemble discs made from roast dough, sprinkled with sugar. There is a tradition according to which, when you eat dessert, you need to make a New Year's wish and break a plate. Mexicans believe that it will come true.

Crampons

In Poland, for the New Year, a festive cookie with jam stuffing is prepared. It is especially popular on the eve of Christmas, which Catholics call Vigilia.

Thurron

A few weeks before the winter holidays in the shops of Spain, there are a variety of tourbons - a kind of nougat with nuts. There are two types: Turron de Alicante (solid nougat) and Turron di Jijon (light variant).

Saffron buns

In Sweden, this dessert is presented to the New Year. Buns get their noble golden hue due to the saffron added to the dough.

This is such a delicious holiday. Have you decided how you will treat guests?