About this episode

This episode features a recipe for Karpatka, a delicious cake made with choux pastry and pastry cream.

If you love cream puffs but wish they were bigger, have we got the recipe for you! Karpatka, aka Carpathian Mountain Cake, is a cake made with choux pastry and pastry cream and it is absolutely delicious. Thank you to Laura at polishfeast.com for the recipe! Written Recipe: polishfeast.com/karpatka Hosted by Mary Mac, edited by Anna Mac Go to  MaryMacPodcast.com  for baking mixes, merch, recipes, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Mary Mac

Topics covered

• baking
• desserts
• choux pastry
• Polish cuisine
• recipes

Keywords

• Karpatka
• cream puffs
• choux pastry
• pastry cream
• Polish dessert

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: polishfeast.com

Books & works: Karpatka

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