Many representatives of Soviet generation still remember the time of their youth falling into nostalgia for those days. They used to smell like warm pastry.
On this photo is an old cafe “Almaz” that sold a big variety of cakes that are probably still remembered by its frequent visitors with warmth and nostalgic smile.
Here is a list of top ten of the most popular and favorite Soviet cakes:
1) Meringue (“Beze”) – two white halves pieced together by jam.
2) Custard cake (Zavarnoye) – most popular cake at that time.
3) “Korzinka” cake or “Basket”
4) Lemon cake – a cool one with sourish taste.
5) “Kartoshka” or “Potato” cake – it’s even not a cake but cult!
6) Eclair cake.
7) Bouchee cake
8 ) Rum cake
9) The cake “Cake”, yes, simply “Cake” (“Keks”)
10) “Smetannik” – a cake with sour cream.
I’ll take a dozen of each!
i would to
Looks sooooo familiar.
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Omnomnomnom!!!
num 6 i like
oooo, in chailhood my dream was 100 of Zavarnoye )
look so tasty, tommorow i’ll buy couple of them )
no 9 is writen with two e-s (keeks). with only one e it means a popular children game.
2nd is Eclair, 6th is Zavarnoye
for Nr.9
Keks is german for Cookie:)
It it meant to be translated into german it would be “Kuchen”.
The first two are pretty popular in France as well
MOAAARRRRR!!!!!
Custard cake looks like chocolate eclair here in Canada. I’m sure it’s just as delicious!
You can’t have Top 10 without the Kiev Cake
They all look so wonderful. I’m going to have to go out and find a substitute to eat instead.
So nice looking!
Anyone know the recipe for the lemon cake, it’s texture looks so lovely.
#2, #5 were the best
The first one is Zefir not Beze. Beze is hard whereas zefir is soft. You forgot Kiev cake and Tort Napoleon. How I’d love me some Napoleon right now, mmmmmmm.
Kartochka is the tastiest – and by the way, fist to say first!
I LOVE Lemon bars/cakes.
Here in the US they are usually shorter and denser, but still have that great taste, and the powdered sugar goes everywhere. 
The first one is not “beze”, it’s “zefir”. It’s a soft, marshmallow type sweet. Beze is hard and melts in your mouth. Yum to all those sugar bombs though!
Ahhh, childhood memories
Can’t find none of those goodies around here where I live now.
i am the only one commeting in 2012
2013
sup josie you dont know me but inm jarvie