Romanian unique curly cake

Unique Romanian curly cake that called Kurtoskalac / Chimney

Once you look at this curly cake, i guaranteed you'll definitely want it, even you need enter a long queue to taste it. This cake is named Chimney Cake, but the curls shape makes it often referred as curly cake. This cake is a Romanian traditional cake.

The shape that a bit like a large spiral that crunchy indeed often makes people curious. Chimney Cake, which also called Kurtoskalac, initially presented for the conducting or as wedding cake. However, now this cake is used as a snack cakes that are usually sold in every bakery. This cake can be enjoyed with tea or coffee. Its texture is slightly crunchy but still soft inside. Sweet flavor made this cake liked by children.

Actually it is not difficult to make curly cake, because the basic ingredients are a bit like regular bread dough which made ​​from a mixture of eggs, water, flour, sugar, butter, salt, and yeast. To make the spiral is a bit "challenging". Dough that has been mixed must be fermented first, then weighed and divided equally. The dough is then thinned using grinding machine until it thin.

Process of the Chimney cake baking

Once diluted, and then the dough strapped in a stick that specialized to make curly shape. However, before it strapped, these tools should be smeared with oil so it is not sticky. After that, the dough sprinkled with sugar and baked until cooked. Once cooked, the cake can be removed from the burner stick. So this cake is shaped like a spiral with a large hole in the middle.

As a complement, curly cake can be served with several toppings such as nuts, cinnamon, coconut, chocolate, sugar, and sugar balls. Every cake usually decorated with two kinds of toppings.