Polish cakes made in Poland

Of all my holidays in England I miss the Eccles cakes the most. I don't know if they are available in Poland?

Sometimes called 'squashed fly cake'. I like those too (but not their cousin Chorley cakes which have denser pastry). I've not seen them in Poland and currants as a cake filling aren't as popular in PL. They're easy to make though.

I've seen a cake that's a bit similar, however Poles seem to prefer sweeter, creamier or more delicate cakes. Jap Fancies (a Lancashire speciality) would suit Polish tastes quite well; they're a bit similar to cakes there. They can also be made with chocolate which people in PL would like.

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Polish cakes ranked high by Taste Atlas:

The best cakes in the world according to "Taste Atlas"

1 Miodownik/ Honeycake(Russia)
2 Cheesecake (Poland)
3 Pave (Brazil)
Japanese/cotton cheesecake (Japan)
Kladdkaka (Sweden)
Sękacz/ Sakotis (Poland)
Valašský frgal (Czech Republic)
Pastel de banana (Guatemala)
Karpatka (Poland)
Chocotorta (Argentina)

I have to agree, Polish cakes are superb.

Although German, French and Italian are very good too.

Polish cheesecake is the best in the world!
Even my non Polish wife learnt to cook it beautifully, with some help from some of my Polish Aunts......

Wow, never before have I heard this word for a cake. In Polish frytura means oil for deep frying.

Fritters are closer to racuchy than to cake.

There are however both sweet (like apple) or savory (onion) or in-between (corn)

I meant a pie, of course.


Fascinating education!!! Thanks.

That`s what my wife made a few days ago - sweet biscuits. Simple but delicious. Crunchy, too.

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Cookies, those look like cookies....

Here is a biscuit, nothing like them in Polish cuisine... Hungarian pogacsa are similar.

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That`s americanism. I use British terms. Ha!!!


Of course they are known and popular here.


No, they aren`t. They are type of bread, not biscuit. :):):)

Then what are they called? A Polish teacher (phd in English) who'd been in the states and knew American biscuits had no idea how to translate the concept into Polish beyond 'krakersy' but biscuits are soft and flaky inside.

They are a bit similar to British scones but biscuits are softer and... flakier....

What I showed is ciasteczko in Polish and its translation into English is merciless - Br biscuit or Am cookie.

You misunderstood... I mentioned there is nothing like (american) biscuits in Polish cuisine... you raised my hopes and then you dashed them.... bad monkey!!!!!

Fritters are basically stuff dipped in batter similar to the batter you make for Naleśniki. They can be sweet or savoury. When I was a kid my mother used to make apple fritters, slices of apple dipped in batter and deep fried. In old fashioned cookery British cookery books it's a common recipe.


They certainly look identical in the picture you posted but looks can be deceiving :) I'd like to try American biscuits I must say, but only homemade ones. I see they originate in the South so you must have tasted some good ones in your time :) Lifted from a UK cookery site:

What Are The Differences?

#1. British scones tend to contain more sugar and fat - served with jam and clotted cream. American biscuits are typically served alongside savoury dishes such as chicken, soup or gravy.

#2. British scones will use milk instead of cream or buttermilk.

#3. Scones are more dense and rich compared to the light and flaky consistency of American biscuits.

#4. British scones are made with sugar and dried fruit in the ingredients (although scone purists would argue against including fruit as it breaks tradition)

#5. Biscuits originate from the American South whereas scones originate from Scotland, gaining popularity in England during the 18th and 19th century.

The only thing I disagree with here is that scones are always 'sweet'. You can make cheese scones which are delicious.

Easy peasy recipe, try it:

saturdaykitchenrecipes.com/mary-berry-recipes/mary-berry-scones-collection/

Alternately you cut the apples (or whatever) up and mix them into the batter and then make little... plackies in the frying pan.

The big difference between scones and biscuits is that scones are denser and drier. I'm not sure how long scones be kept before eating but biscuits are meant to be eaten right away and they don't keep well.

Also the buttermilk you use for biscuits is not like maślanka.... where I grew up buttermilk was noticeably thicker and creamier than regular milk and had a slightly yellow tinge (that may well have been food coloring as is used for margarine). Maślanka is a lot thinner.... though it can be nice on its own (unlike butterrmilk which I never liked by itself only as an ingredient in cooking other things).

Scones don't keep well either. They are best eaten freshly baked. Once upon a time when mothers were at home all day in Ireland and the UK it was very common to have scones at 'teatime'. In Ireland we don't eat them with cream, we prefer butter so we like to eat them warm, straight out of the oven.

To me they look like biscuits. Cookies, at least the ones I have seen over here, are large and have a soft consistency. Often they have dried fruit or chocolate chips in them. Biscuits are harder and have a crunchier texture.

Those Hungarian creations definitely look like British scones.

Those look like scones.

These are biscuits:

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With cherry marmalade, I hope.

Does that exist?

I think it's raspberry jam.

My second favourite biscuits, after garibaldis.

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I think he means 'marmolada'.

@ Alien, in English marmalade is a jam/spread made only from citrus fruits. The stuff in English biccies is jam - and cherry is not a popular choice. As Jon says it's most likely to be raspberry. I LOVE raspberry jam. I can take or leave strawberry.


I think they're a love or hate biccie. I've never liked them even though I've eaten a fair few of them over the years as I have a sweet tooth and will eat almost anything sweet when desperate! They'd be a sort of last resort for me if they were the only thing left in the biscuit tin.

I used to love lemon puffs when I was a child and for a time there was a McVities biscuit called Royal Scot, I don't know if you remember them Jon, with a white and tartan pack. They were yummy! Sadly they were discontinued.

In Ireland we had a biscuit very similar to custard creams called Kerry Creams filled with a strawberry cream instead of the standard vanilla. Loved those too.

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I was actually going to say those as favourite however sadly I never see them in the shops and haven't for a long time. As a kid, I loved them. Especially the light and shiny biscuit part.

At home, it was mostly Rich Tea or 'Nice" which I never much liked. Sometimes ginger biscuits which I did.

I've never seen Royal Scot though Kerry Creams sound very much like one on sale in the Middle East which is nice. They also have Lime Wafers here which are pretty good!

Apparently there is an impostor going under the name Lemon Puff which bears no resemblance to the original :( and is sold in Sainsburys and Tesco. What a shame.


Oh yes, the sugar glaze on the 'pastry'! My lemon puff eating method was to separate one of the bics to expose the cream filling and eat the filling first, then finish off with the biccie bits.

I did a bit of research and would you believe they were created in Ireland. William and Robert Jacob, two Irish brothers founded Jacobs Biscuits factory in Waterford in 1851. They didn't open a factory in the UK until 1916 but they used to have decorative tins manufactured in England and here is one from 1912 :) Jacobs biccies in England is an offshoot of the Irish firm but there have been so many changes of ownership etc. over the year that it means very little now. The sad thing is that as soon as mainland European firms or worse still, Americans, take over our British Isles brands, the original taste gets altered and turned utterly bland and sickly sweet.

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I had one that wasn't shiny or crispy. It was just wrong.

But yes, separating them to eat is always the best way!


I didn't know they were from Ireland. They make cream crackers too. Out of fashion a bit but still good.

And Club biscuits were theirs too. Nowadays it probably belongs to a huge conglomerate who make them wherever.


Sadly very true.

A Quaker family originally from England :) settled in Ireland sometime in the 1600s to escape religious persecution. Amazing how we have the Quakers to thank for some of our most delicious and iconic goodies! Cadbury and Fry for chocolate, Jacobs for biccies and in Ireland the Bewley, family for cakes and tea and coffee blends.

The Quakers are such a nice religious movement, so unlike the Puritans!

Tetley's Brewery too...


I think maybe Rowntree too. They were certainly paternalistic employers who looked after their staff.


Absolutely accepting of everyone, non-judgemental, always kind and so relaxed. Unitarians can be a bit like that too.


Sometimes I think that England should celebrate Thanksgiving Day just to be thankful that they all sailed off in the Mayflower...

And some of them went to Ireland - otherwise I wouldn't exist :)

Getting way off topic.... so to bring things around a bit....

fresh cookies aren't really much of a thing in Poland and most people just eat store bought 'herbatniki'...

even bakeries tend to not have that much... but a local bakery near me sometimes has very good freshly made cookies (chocolate and the most authentic 'brownie' I've had in Poland.

Biscuits? There doesn't seem much of a tradition of them. Even Delicje are a rip off of overseas products.

Polish sponge cakes/biszkopty and biscuits/herbatniki are very good.