Mézes krémes

Mézes krémes means honey creamy pastry. It's from three cake layers made with honey, two flavored filling, plum jam and chocolate glaze. This traditional dessert is durable for a long time kept in the fridge and it's better to prepare them 1-2 day before serving because then it is much softer and tastier.
Be careful with the layers because they broke easily.

Somlói Galuska

Somlói galuska is the favorite dessert of Hungarians. It is a very rich dessert made by tree types of sponge cake (plain, walnut, chocolate) with syrup, custard, walnut, raisins served with chocolate sauce and whipped cream. There are different variation. Some variation are easier to make and need only one type of sponge cake, but this is the original somloi galuska recipe.
The history of sómlói galuska goes back to 1920s, when Károly Gollerits the headwaiter of the Gundel restaurant dreamed this dessert, but the first creator of the sómloi galuska was Béla Szőcs. Somlói galuska became very popular, and it even won a price in Brussel in 1958.

The name of the somlói galuska means "dumplings from Somló". Somló is a wineregion located in the Western part of Hungary. The speciality of the region that it is the only region where grapes are grown on the northern side of the hill. Only white wines are produced in Somló from the following grape varieties: harslevelu, juhfark, furming, olaszrizling, tramini and chardonnay.

Dobos cake

The dobos cake is the most famous Hungarian cake. The inventor of the cake is Jozsef C. Dobos, Hungarian confectioner. According to the legend Dobos' apprentice put sugar instead of salt to the cream when he churned the butter. This accident gave the idea to Dobos Jozsef to create a cake with buttercream. The cake was very new and modern at that time because it was not foamy as the other cakes back then.
In 1885 Dobos introduced his cake in the National General Exhibition of Budapest and soon the cake became very popular through whole Europe. Dobos did not share or sell his recipe, but he developed a container in which the cake could be shipped. He also toured with his cake.
Some confectioners tried to reproduce his cake, but they could not achieve the same result. Finally, when he retired he gave his recipe to the Budapest Confectioner's and Gingerbread Makers' Chamber of Industry. Then the recipe spread out among confectioners and became available for everyone.
The dobos cake stands from layers, chocolate buttercream and caramel topping. It is a quite difficult recipe, so I recommend it for more advanced bakers. Dobos cake worth a try since it was not  accidentally very popular and imitated by so many confectioner in the end of 19th.

Gundel Pancake

Pancake is a very popular dessert in Hungary. Hungarian pancakes, differently from other pancakes, are very thin and are rolled up with jam, cocoa, cinnamon or nutella.
The Gundel pancake is a walnut cream  filled pancake served with chocholate sauce. It is the specialy of the Gundel Restaurant. The Gundel restaurant opened in 1910 by Karoly Gundel and it is still existing today. Moreover it is the most famous restaurant in Hungary and has a very good reputation around the world.
 They serve traditional Hungarian food such as Goulash, Fisherman's soup or goose liver and of course the famous pancake, the Gundel pancake.
The Gundel pancake is a real calorie bomb and it is almost impossible to eat more than one at once, but you will not regret if you try it!

Rigó Jancsi

This lovely chocolate cake got its name from Rigó Jancsi. Rigó Jancsi was a Hungarian Gypsy violinist who enjoyed great popularity throughout Europe.  In 1896, he was playing in a restaurant in Paris where Claire Ward, an American millionaire's daughter, and her husband, Charaman-Chimay were eating. Clara and Jancsi fell in love. Jancsi divorced from his wife, and Clare left her husband and children and ran away with Jancsi. They lived in different countries.

Their love raised dust and they became 19th century celebrities. Clare and Jancsi were together for 10 years. Then Clare ran away with an Italian waiter.

Allegedly, Jancsi ordered this cake from a coeditor for Clare. The confectioner named it after Jancsi. The cake enjoyed great success as his namesake.