Polish pastries

Faworki are deep-fried crispy pastry twists dusted with confectioners' sugar, a sweet Polish treat traditionally served in Carnival season.

Karpatka, one of the most popular Polish cakes, has two layers of choux pastry sandwiched with a decadent vanilla cream filling. A dusting of powdered sugar on top helps the rustic pâte à choux resemble the snow-capped Carpathian Mountains in Poland.

Wuzetka is really delicious, easy to make and all the family members will love it. Even kids :)

Kolaczki are tasty and traditional Polish pastry cookies filled with sweet fruit filling. This is a four ingredient recipe that is easy to make.

Polish faworki, also known as chruściki or angel wings, are a traditional Polish pastry. Learn how to make these faworki with our simple recipe!

This Mazurek or Mazurka recipe is for a flat Polish cake made with a non-yeast dough and topped with preserves. Links to other mazureks are provided.

Polish cream papal cake is an easy recipe when you use store bought pastry dough. The sweet custard & pastry combination is a perfect snack.

These kolaczki cookies consist of flakey, cream cheese dough stuffed with a gooey jam center. Classic Polish holiday cookies made with just 5 ingredients!

Traditional Polish jagodzianki are soft and fluffy yeast buns filled with juicy blueberries. Perfect for breakfast, dessert, or a snack, these sweet buns are a beloved Polish treat.

The Polish recipe calls for budyn, a powdered custard which might be tricky to find outside of Poland, so I used thick pouring custard instead. You can bake the pastry form-free or if you happen to have a 30cm x 20cm cake tin, use that. You can work with the dough ball while still warm, for flaky pastry, allow the dough ball to cool completely to room temperature before adding eggs. This will help create the layers.