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Every recipe on the site, grouped the way people search for them — apples, pumpkin, chocolate, berries, cookies, Bulgarian classics and more.

Apple recipes

Apple cakes and bakes from our fall orchard trips.

  • Apple Walnut Cinnamon Cake with a Buttery Tea Biscuit Base

    My mom's cozy apple cake, with my own twist — a buttery tea biscuit base and a soft cinnamon apple-walnut cake baked right on top.

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  • Easy Apple Cake

    Soft, buttery, and full of fresh apple chunks — a simple one-bowl apple cake dusted with powdered sugar.

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  • Old-Fashioned Apple Cream Roll Cake

    Soft sponge baked over apples, rolled with fluffy cream cheese whipped cream.

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Pumpkin recipes

Cozy pumpkin baking for autumn.

  • Bulgarian Baked Pumpkin

    Growing up in Bulgaria, this baked pumpkin was our cozy fall dessert.

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  • Famous Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling

    My most-requested easy pumpkin roll recipe — soft, perfectly spiced pumpkin cake rolled around a creamy cream cheese filling, and the best part: it doesn't crack.

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  • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

    Moist, spiced pumpkin bread loaded with mini chocolate chips and chopped milk chocolate, finished with a cinnamon-sugar topping and more chocolate chips.

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  • Pumpkin-Shaped Pumpkin Buns

    Soft, fluffy, lightly sweet pumpkin yeast rolls made with real pumpkin purée in the dough — tied with kitchen twine so they bake up looking like little pumpkins.

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Chocolate recipes

Chocolate cakes, cookies and rich desserts.

Berry recipes

Raspberry, blueberry, strawberry and cherry favorites.

  • Blueberry Cream Cheese Danishes

    Soft, fluffy danishes filled with sweet cream cheese, blueberry jam, and buttery crumb topping.

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  • Blueberry Crumble Bars

    Thick, bakery-style bars with homemade blueberry jam and buttery oat crumble.

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  • Blueberry Crumble Cookie Muffins

    Soft, fluffy, jammy, bakery-style — with a buttery crumble center.

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  • Cherry Crumble Yogurt Coffee Cake

    Soft yogurt cake layered with cherry jam, fresh cherries, and a buttery lemon oat crumble.

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  • Easy Homemade Mini Pizzas

    Five soft, puffy mini pizzas topped with homemade spinach-basil pesto, melted cheese, and colorful cherry tomatoes.

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  • Easy Raspberry Crumble Cookies

    Easy buttery, crumbly cookies filled with bright raspberry jam and baked in a jumbo muffin tin.

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  • Lemon Blueberry Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

    Soft, fresh, and honestly one of the BEST cakes ever — my kids agree.

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  • Lemon Raspberry Cake

    Soft lemon layers, fresh raspberries, fluffy mascarpone cream.

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  • No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake

    Creamy mascarpone cheesecake with a glossy homemade strawberry topping.

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  • Old-Fashioned Chocolate Raspberry Cream Roll

    Soft cocoa sponge filled with fluffy raspberry cream — Toti's no-crack method.

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  • Raspberry Crepe Cake

    Rolled einkorn crepes layered with mascarpone cream and raspberry filling.

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  • Strawberries & Cream Waffle Roll

    Soft waffle sheet rolled with mascarpone cream, fresh strawberries, and chocolate.

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  • Strawberry Jam Crumble Tart

    Buttery tart filled with strawberry jam and topped with delicate grated-dough crumble.

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  • Toti's Homemade Strawberry Jam

    Fresh strawberries, sugar, and lemon — simple, delicious, far better than store-bought.

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  • Toti's No-Crack Raspberry Swirl Roll

    Soft sponge with raspberry jam and mascarpone whipped cream — rolls without cracking.

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Lemon & citrus

Bright lemon and orange bakes.

  • Baked Cod in Coconut Lemon Cream Sauce

    Tender cod in a creamy coconut-lemon sauce with garlic, ginger, and warm spices.

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  • Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake

    Soft, buttery, and bright with fresh lemon zest — finished with a light lemon glaze.

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  • Honey Orange Layer Cake

    Soft honey layers filled with light orange mascarpone cream — melt-in-your-mouth after an overnight chill.

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  • Lemon Blueberry Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

    Soft, fresh, and honestly one of the BEST cakes ever — my kids agree.

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  • Lemon Pancakes

    Soft, fluffy pancakes with fresh lemon and a buttery texture.

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  • Lemon Pistachio Cake with Lemon Glaze

    Soft, buttery, and packed with pistachios — finished with a bright lemon glaze.

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  • Lemon Raspberry Cake

    Soft lemon layers, fresh raspberries, fluffy mascarpone cream.

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  • Lemon Ricotta Chocolate Chip Pancakes

    Fluffy, soft pancakes with fresh lemon and dark chocolate — no refined sugar.

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  • Toti’s No-Crack Lemon Curd Swiss Roll

    Soft, fluffy, creamy lemon filling — a bakery-style roll that won’t crack.

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Cookies

Bakery-style cookies, meringues and butter cookies.

Cakes & rolls

Layer cakes, bundts and rolled sponges.

  • Apple Walnut Cinnamon Cake with a Buttery Tea Biscuit Base

    My mom's cozy apple cake, with my own twist — a buttery tea biscuit base and a soft cinnamon apple-walnut cake baked right on top.

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  • Baked Chocolate Tiramisu Cheesecake

    Dense chocolate cheesecake with a silky mascarpone topping — water-bath baked.

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  • Caramelized Peach Cheesecake Buns

    Fluffy buns with cheesecake filling, buttery caramelized peaches, and streusel.

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  • Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Soft, spiced carrot cookies sandwiched with cream cheese frosting.

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  • Carrot Cake Roll

    Soft spiced carrot sponge rolled around a creamy cream cheese filling.

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  • Cherry Crumble Yogurt Coffee Cake

    Soft yogurt cake layered with cherry jam, fresh cherries, and a buttery lemon oat crumble.

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  • Chocolate Waffle Butter Roll Cake

    Soft einkorn waffle cake rolled around silky homemade chocolate cream.

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  • Chocolate Walnut Meringue Layer Cake

    Inspired by the classic Bulgarian Garash — walnut meringue layers, silky chocolate cream.

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  • Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake

    Incredibly moist and chocolatey, with hidden zucchini and a creamy homemade custard glaze.

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  • Easy Apple Cake

    Soft, buttery, and full of fresh apple chunks — a simple one-bowl apple cake dusted with powdered sugar.

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  • Einkorn Crepes (Thin Bulgarian Pancakes)

    Soft, delicate, naturally wholesome — blender method, no stress.

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  • Famous Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling

    My most-requested easy pumpkin roll recipe — soft, perfectly spiced pumpkin cake rolled around a creamy cream cheese filling, and the best part: it doesn't crack.

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  • Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake

    Soft, buttery, and bright with fresh lemon zest — finished with a light lemon glaze.

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  • Honey Orange Layer Cake

    Soft honey layers filled with light orange mascarpone cream — melt-in-your-mouth after an overnight chill.

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  • Lemon Blueberry Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

    Soft, fresh, and honestly one of the BEST cakes ever — my kids agree.

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  • Lemon Pancakes

    Soft, fluffy pancakes with fresh lemon and a buttery texture.

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  • Lemon Pistachio Cake with Lemon Glaze

    Soft, buttery, and packed with pistachios — finished with a bright lemon glaze.

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  • Lemon Raspberry Cake

    Soft lemon layers, fresh raspberries, fluffy mascarpone cream.

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  • Lemon Ricotta Chocolate Chip Pancakes

    Fluffy, soft pancakes with fresh lemon and dark chocolate — no refined sugar.

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  • Mini Baked Pancake Bites

    Oven pancakes in a muffin tin — perfect for school mornings and lunchboxes.

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  • Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Two-layer carrot cake with applesauce, pineapple, coconut, and cream cheese frosting.

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  • No-Bake Coffee Biscuit Dream Cake

    Coffee-soaked biscuits, mascarpone cream, and a fluffy chocolate topping — no oven needed.

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  • No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake

    Creamy mascarpone cheesecake with a glossy homemade strawberry topping.

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  • Nutella French Toast Roll-Ups

    Crispy outside, gooey inside — ready in minutes.

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  • Old-Fashioned Apple Cream Roll Cake

    Soft sponge baked over apples, rolled with fluffy cream cheese whipped cream.

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  • Old-Fashioned Chocolate Raspberry Cream Roll

    Soft cocoa sponge filled with fluffy raspberry cream — Toti's no-crack method.

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  • Oven-Baked Döner-Style Beef Rolls

    Tightly rolled spiced beef logs, baked crispy, served with roasted tomato-garlic yogurt sauce.

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  • Pumpkin-Shaped Pumpkin Buns

    Soft, fluffy, lightly sweet pumpkin yeast rolls made with real pumpkin purée in the dough — tied with kitchen twine so they bake up looking like little pumpkins.

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  • Raspberry Crepe Cake

    Rolled einkorn crepes layered with mascarpone cream and raspberry filling.

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  • Raw Vegan Chocolate Berry Cake (No-Bake)

    Creamy cashew layers, rich chocolate, and fresh berries — no oven needed.

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  • Spinach & Ground Meat Rice Paper Rolls

    Bulgarian-inspired spinach pastries reimagined as crispy rice paper rolls.

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  • Strawberries & Cream Waffle Roll

    Soft waffle sheet rolled with mascarpone cream, fresh strawberries, and chocolate.

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  • Tiramisu Cake Roll

    Tender sponge brushed with espresso-amaretto, rolled around mascarpone cream.

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  • Tiramisu Layer Cake (My Homemade Version)

    Light sponge layers brushed with espresso-amaretto and mascarpone cream, dusted with cocoa.

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  • Tortilla Kebab Rolls

    Crispy baked beef tortilla pinwheels with garlic yogurt sauce.

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  • Toti’s No-Crack Lemon Curd Swiss Roll

    Soft, fluffy, creamy lemon filling — a bakery-style roll that won’t crack.

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  • Toti's No-Crack Raspberry Swirl Roll

    Soft sponge with raspberry jam and mascarpone whipped cream — rolls without cracking.

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No-bake desserts

Fridge desserts and puddings with no oven needed.

  • Baked Chocolate Tiramisu Cheesecake

    Dense chocolate cheesecake with a silky mascarpone topping — water-bath baked.

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  • Classic Italian Tiramisu (2 Versions)

    The classic, in two safe versions — traditional raw-egg or tempered + heavy cream.

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  • Easy Raspberry Crumble Cookies

    Easy buttery, crumbly cookies filled with bright raspberry jam and baked in a jumbo muffin tin.

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  • Mango Banana Chia Pudding

    Creamy, naturally sweet, ready in minutes — no added sugar needed.

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  • No-Bake Coffee Biscuit Dream Cake

    Coffee-soaked biscuits, mascarpone cream, and a fluffy chocolate topping — no oven needed.

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  • No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake

    Creamy mascarpone cheesecake with a glossy homemade strawberry topping.

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  • Raw Vegan Chocolate Berry Cake (No-Bake)

    Creamy cashew layers, rich chocolate, and fresh berries — no oven needed.

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  • Strawberry Jam Crumble Tart

    Buttery tart filled with strawberry jam and topped with delicate grated-dough crumble.

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  • Tiramisu Cake Roll

    Tender sponge brushed with espresso-amaretto, rolled around mascarpone cream.

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  • Tiramisu Layer Cake (My Homemade Version)

    Light sponge layers brushed with espresso-amaretto and mascarpone cream, dusted with cocoa.

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  • Toti's Homemade Strawberry Jam

    Fresh strawberries, sugar, and lemon — simple, delicious, far better than store-bought.

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Bulgarian classics

The recipes I grew up with in Plovdiv.

  • Apple Walnut Cinnamon Cake with a Buttery Tea Biscuit Base

    My mom's cozy apple cake, with my own twist — a buttery tea biscuit base and a soft cinnamon apple-walnut cake baked right on top.

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  • Baked Chocolate Tiramisu Cheesecake

    Dense chocolate cheesecake with a silky mascarpone topping — water-bath baked.

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  • Baked Cod in Coconut Lemon Cream Sauce

    Tender cod in a creamy coconut-lemon sauce with garlic, ginger, and warm spices.

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  • Bakery-Style Soft & Puffy Snickerdoodle Cookies

    Soft, thick, puffy — classic cinnamon-sugar coating.

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  • Blueberry Cream Cheese Danishes

    Soft, fluffy danishes filled with sweet cream cheese, blueberry jam, and buttery crumb topping.

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  • Blueberry Crumble Bars

    Thick, bakery-style bars with homemade blueberry jam and buttery oat crumble.

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  • Blueberry Crumble Cookie Muffins

    Soft, fluffy, jammy, bakery-style — with a buttery crumble center.

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  • Bulgarian Baked Chocolate Sugar Donuts

    Soft, pillowy baked donuts filled with melted chocolate and dusted with powdered sugar.

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  • Bulgarian Baked Pumpkin

    Growing up in Bulgaria, this baked pumpkin was our cozy fall dessert.

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  • Bulgarian Cheese Banitsa

    A timeless Bulgarian classic — hand-stretched dough, feta, and my favorite Dutch oven method.

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  • Bulgarian Crispy Feta Cheese Triangles

    Easy, crispy, and sooo good — buttery phyllo folded around creamy feta.

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  • Bulgarian Einkorn Pull-Apart Bread

    Soft, fluffy einkorn bread baked as individual pieces that pull apart — best warm with yogurt and sirene.

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  • Bulgarian Feta Bread (Pitka Tutmanik)

    Soft, fluffy pull-apart bread layered with butter and salty feta.

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  • Bulgarian No-Yeast Mekitsi

    Traditional Bulgarian fried dough — no yeast, no rising, ready in minutes.

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  • Bulgarian Shopska Salad

    Bulgaria's most famous summer salad — ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, and a snowy mountain of feta.

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  • Bulgarian Summer Eggplant Dip (Kyopolou)

    Smoky grilled eggplant and peppers blended into Bulgaria's favorite summer dip.

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  • Caramelized Peach Cheesecake Buns

    Fluffy buns with cheesecake filling, buttery caramelized peaches, and streusel.

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  • Carrot Cake Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Soft, spiced carrot cookies sandwiched with cream cheese frosting.

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  • Carrot Cake Roll

    Soft spiced carrot sponge rolled around a creamy cream cheese filling.

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  • Cast Iron Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

    Gooey, bakery-style skillet cookie — serve warm with ice cream.

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  • Cherry Crumble Yogurt Coffee Cake

    Soft yogurt cake layered with cherry jam, fresh cherries, and a buttery lemon oat crumble.

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  • Chicken Crust Pizza

    Low-carb, high-protein pizza with a chicken crust instead of dough.

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  • Chocolate Waffle Butter Roll Cake

    Soft einkorn waffle cake rolled around silky homemade chocolate cream.

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  • Chocolate Walnut Meringue Layer Cake

    Inspired by the classic Bulgarian Garash — walnut meringue layers, silky chocolate cream.

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  • Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake

    Incredibly moist and chocolatey, with hidden zucchini and a creamy homemade custard glaze.

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  • Chocolate-Dipped Childhood Butter Cookies

    Soft, buttery cookies I grew up eating — easy to make, perfect for holidays, and wonderful dipped in dark chocolate.

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  • Classic Italian Tiramisu (2 Versions)

    The classic, in two safe versions — traditional raw-egg or tempered + heavy cream.

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  • Crispy Feta Rice Paper Spirals

    Light, crispy, cheesy — inspired by Bulgarian banichki, made with rice paper.

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  • Crispy Loaded Meat Wraps

    Easy, juicy, crispy — perfect for lunch or dinner.

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  • Crispy Spinach Feta Filo Cups (Quiche Style)

    Buttery crisp filo cups filled with spinach, feta, and egg — perfect for brunch.

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  • Easy Homemade Ladyfingers

    Soft, light, and perfect for tiramisu — hard to go back to store-bought.

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  • Easy Smash Meat Tortillas

    Crispy, cheesy, and ready in about 20 minutes — a weeknight dinner my kids ask for again and again.

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  • Einkorn Crepes (Thin Bulgarian Pancakes)

    Soft, delicate, naturally wholesome — blender method, no stress.

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  • Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake

    Soft, buttery, and bright with fresh lemon zest — finished with a light lemon glaze.

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  • Grandma's Bulgarian Cheese Milinki

    Soft, buttery Bulgarian cheese rolls inspired by my Baba's recipe — little yeast dough balls dipped in butter, covered with a rich feta topping, and baked until golden.

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  • Grandma's Bulgarian Feta-Stuffed Flatbreads

    My Baba's traditional debeli kori — soft homemade yeast flatbreads filled with crumbled feta, folded like an envelope, and baked until lightly golden.

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  • High-Protein Baked Zucchini Patties

    Crispy outside, soft inside, and baked instead of fried — my favorite way to use summer zucchini.

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  • High-Protein Cottage Cheese Egg Wrap

    Soft, flexible, high-protein wrap — made entirely in the blender, baked not flipped.

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  • High-Protein Yogurt Cucumber Dip

    Creamy, fresh, garlicky, healthy — and packed with protein.

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  • Honey Orange Layer Cake

    Soft honey layers filled with light orange mascarpone cream — melt-in-your-mouth after an overnight chill.

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  • Lazy Tutmanik (Easy Bulgarian Cheese Bread)

    My Baba's quick no-knead Bulgarian cheese bread — everything is mixed with a wooden spoon, left to rise briefly, then baked until golden and fluffy.

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  • Lemon Blueberry Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

    Soft, fresh, and honestly one of the BEST cakes ever — my kids agree.

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  • Lemon Pancakes

    Soft, fluffy pancakes with fresh lemon and a buttery texture.

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  • Lemon Pistachio Cake with Lemon Glaze

    Soft, buttery, and packed with pistachios — finished with a bright lemon glaze.

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  • Lemon Raspberry Cake

    Soft lemon layers, fresh raspberries, fluffy mascarpone cream.

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  • Lemon Ricotta Chocolate Chip Pancakes

    Fluffy, soft pancakes with fresh lemon and dark chocolate — no refined sugar.

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  • Little Sugar Kisses (Naturally Pink Meringues)

    Crisp meringue kisses tinted naturally pink with dragon fruit powder.

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  • Mini Baked Pancake Bites

    Oven pancakes in a muffin tin — perfect for school mornings and lunchboxes.

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  • Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Two-layer carrot cake with applesauce, pineapple, coconut, and cream cheese frosting.

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  • No-Bake Coffee Biscuit Dream Cake

    Coffee-soaked biscuits, mascarpone cream, and a fluffy chocolate topping — no oven needed.

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  • No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake

    Creamy mascarpone cheesecake with a glossy homemade strawberry topping.

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  • Nutella French Toast Roll-Ups

    Crispy outside, gooey inside — ready in minutes.

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  • Old-Fashioned Apple Cream Roll Cake

    Soft sponge baked over apples, rolled with fluffy cream cheese whipped cream.

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  • Old-Fashioned Chocolate Raspberry Cream Roll

    Soft cocoa sponge filled with fluffy raspberry cream — Toti's no-crack method.

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  • One-Pan Spiced Chicken & Basmati Rice

    Tender spiced chicken thighs and fragrant basmati — all in one pan.

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  • Oven-Baked Döner-Style Beef Rolls

    Tightly rolled spiced beef logs, baked crispy, served with roasted tomato-garlic yogurt sauce.

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  • Pull-Apart Pepperoni Pizza Loaf

    Cheesy, fluffy, crispy edges — fun to pull apart.

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  • Raspberry Crepe Cake

    Rolled einkorn crepes layered with mascarpone cream and raspberry filling.

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  • Raw Vegan Chocolate Berry Cake (No-Bake)

    Creamy cashew layers, rich chocolate, and fresh berries — no oven needed.

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  • Saffron Beef Mezzi Paccheri with Vodka Sauce

    Cozy, elevated pasta — beef, bloomed saffron, and creamy vodka sauce.

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  • Soft Ricotta Cookies with Chocolate Drizzle

    Pillow-soft ricotta cookies with orange zest and a chocolate drizzle.

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  • Spinach & Ground Meat Rice Paper Rolls

    Bulgarian-inspired spinach pastries reimagined as crispy rice paper rolls.

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  • Strawberries & Cream Waffle Roll

    Soft waffle sheet rolled with mascarpone cream, fresh strawberries, and chocolate.

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  • Strawberry Jam Crumble Tart

    Buttery tart filled with strawberry jam and topped with delicate grated-dough crumble.

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  • Thick Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches

    Thick bakery-style cookies filled with a rich chocolate buttercream.

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  • Tiramisu Cake Roll

    Tender sponge brushed with espresso-amaretto, rolled around mascarpone cream.

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  • Tiramisu Layer Cake (My Homemade Version)

    Light sponge layers brushed with espresso-amaretto and mascarpone cream, dusted with cocoa.

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  • Tortilla Kebab Rolls

    Crispy baked beef tortilla pinwheels with garlic yogurt sauce.

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  • Toti's Homemade Strawberry Jam

    Fresh strawberries, sugar, and lemon — simple, delicious, far better than store-bought.

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  • Toti’s No-Crack Lemon Curd Swiss Roll

    Soft, fluffy, creamy lemon filling — a bakery-style roll that won’t crack.

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  • Toti's No-Crack Raspberry Swirl Roll

    Soft sponge with raspberry jam and mascarpone whipped cream — rolls without cracking.

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  • White Chocolate Chip Matcha Cookies (Heart-Shaped)

    Soft matcha cookies with white chocolate chips, shaped into hearts.

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  • Zucchini Fritters

    Crispy savory zucchini patties with provolone and Parmesan.

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Breakfast

Pancakes, crepes and easy school mornings.

  • Blueberry Cream Cheese Danishes

    Soft, fluffy danishes filled with sweet cream cheese, blueberry jam, and buttery crumb topping.

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  • Bulgarian Baked Chocolate Sugar Donuts

    Soft, pillowy baked donuts filled with melted chocolate and dusted with powdered sugar.

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  • Einkorn Crepes (Thin Bulgarian Pancakes)

    Soft, delicate, naturally wholesome — blender method, no stress.

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  • High-Protein Cottage Cheese Egg Wrap

    Soft, flexible, high-protein wrap — made entirely in the blender, baked not flipped.

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  • Lemon Pancakes

    Soft, fluffy pancakes with fresh lemon and a buttery texture.

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  • Lemon Ricotta Chocolate Chip Pancakes

    Fluffy, soft pancakes with fresh lemon and dark chocolate — no refined sugar.

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  • Mini Baked Pancake Bites

    Oven pancakes in a muffin tin — perfect for school mornings and lunchboxes.

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  • Nutella French Toast Roll-Ups

    Crispy outside, gooey inside — ready in minutes.

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  • Raspberry Crepe Cake

    Rolled einkorn crepes layered with mascarpone cream and raspberry filling.

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Savory & dips

Cheesy bites, dips and easy dinners.

  • Baked Cod in Coconut Lemon Cream Sauce

    Tender cod in a creamy coconut-lemon sauce with garlic, ginger, and warm spices.

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  • Bulgarian Crispy Feta Cheese Triangles

    Easy, crispy, and sooo good — buttery phyllo folded around creamy feta.

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  • Bulgarian Einkorn Pull-Apart Bread

    Soft, fluffy einkorn bread baked as individual pieces that pull apart — best warm with yogurt and sirene.

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  • Bulgarian Feta Bread (Pitka Tutmanik)

    Soft, fluffy pull-apart bread layered with butter and salty feta.

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  • Bulgarian Shopska Salad

    Bulgaria's most famous summer salad — ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, and a snowy mountain of feta.

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  • Bulgarian Summer Eggplant Dip (Kyopolou)

    Smoky grilled eggplant and peppers blended into Bulgaria's favorite summer dip.

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  • Chicken Crust Pizza

    Low-carb, high-protein pizza with a chicken crust instead of dough.

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  • Chocolate-Dipped Childhood Butter Cookies

    Soft, buttery cookies I grew up eating — easy to make, perfect for holidays, and wonderful dipped in dark chocolate.

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  • Crispy Feta Rice Paper Spirals

    Light, crispy, cheesy — inspired by Bulgarian banichki, made with rice paper.

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  • Crispy Loaded Meat Wraps

    Easy, juicy, crispy — perfect for lunch or dinner.

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  • Crispy Spinach Feta Filo Cups (Quiche Style)

    Buttery crisp filo cups filled with spinach, feta, and egg — perfect for brunch.

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  • Easy Homemade Mini Pizzas

    Five soft, puffy mini pizzas topped with homemade spinach-basil pesto, melted cheese, and colorful cherry tomatoes.

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  • Easy Smash Meat Tortillas

    Crispy, cheesy, and ready in about 20 minutes — a weeknight dinner my kids ask for again and again.

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  • Grandma's Bulgarian Feta-Stuffed Flatbreads

    My Baba's traditional debeli kori — soft homemade yeast flatbreads filled with crumbled feta, folded like an envelope, and baked until lightly golden.

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  • High-Protein Baked Zucchini Patties

    Crispy outside, soft inside, and baked instead of fried — my favorite way to use summer zucchini.

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  • High-Protein Yogurt Cucumber Dip

    Creamy, fresh, garlicky, healthy — and packed with protein.

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  • Lazy Tutmanik (Easy Bulgarian Cheese Bread)

    My Baba's quick no-knead Bulgarian cheese bread — everything is mixed with a wooden spoon, left to rise briefly, then baked until golden and fluffy.

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  • One-Pan Spiced Chicken & Basmati Rice

    Tender spiced chicken thighs and fragrant basmati — all in one pan.

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  • Oven-Baked Döner-Style Beef Rolls

    Tightly rolled spiced beef logs, baked crispy, served with roasted tomato-garlic yogurt sauce.

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  • Pull-Apart Pepperoni Pizza Loaf

    Cheesy, fluffy, crispy edges — fun to pull apart.

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  • Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

    Moist, spiced pumpkin bread loaded with mini chocolate chips and chopped milk chocolate, finished with a cinnamon-sugar topping and more chocolate chips.

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  • Pumpkin-Shaped Pumpkin Buns

    Soft, fluffy, lightly sweet pumpkin yeast rolls made with real pumpkin purée in the dough — tied with kitchen twine so they bake up looking like little pumpkins.

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  • Saffron Beef Mezzi Paccheri with Vodka Sauce

    Cozy, elevated pasta — beef, bloomed saffron, and creamy vodka sauce.

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  • Spinach & Ground Meat Rice Paper Rolls

    Bulgarian-inspired spinach pastries reimagined as crispy rice paper rolls.

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  • Tortilla Kebab Rolls

    Crispy baked beef tortilla pinwheels with garlic yogurt sauce.

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  • Zucchini Fritters

    Crispy savory zucchini patties with provolone and Parmesan.

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