3 easy Hungarian desserts for your busiest weekdays – RECIPES

Sometimes all we need is a little break from the hectic pace of our everyday lives. Baking or enjoying a sweet treat can come in quite handy when we find ourselves stuck in the greyness of the weekdays. However, most people do not have hours to spare baking fancy multi-layer cakes, right? Here are some easy-to-make dessert ideas that Hungarians adore! These desserts might not be as iconic as the Dobos cake, but they are often the stars of family gatherings and other events.

Bocimobil

The so-called bocimobil can be one of the best options if you would like to bake something for the kids. The word ‘boci’ translates as calf, thus it is only natural that the dessert itself has the pattern of a cow. We can assure you that this dessert will win your heart if you are a lover of Hungarian cottage cheese (túró). Here is the recipe from Mindmegette:

Ingredients:

For the dough:

• 1 egg
• 11 tablespoons of cooking oil
• 15 tablespoons of flour
• 11 tablespoons of sugar
• 250 ml of milk
• 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda

For the cream:

• 250 g Hungarian cottage cheese (túró)
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon of semolina
• 1 packet vanilla sugar
• 5 tablespoons of sugar
• a few drops of lemon juice or grated lemon zest (whichever you prefer)

Preparation:

Mix the ingredients of the dough with a whisk until lump-free. Pour into a baking pan. There is no need to butter or flour the pan, as the dough is oily enough. Then, mix the filling ingredients and scoop them on top of the cake with a spoon to form the cow pattern. Place it in a preheated oven (180-200 degrees Celsius) and bake for 20-25 minutes. If you want your cake to rise properly, you should avoid opening the oven door while baking.

Sport bar

If you have been to a Hungarian shop or supermarket, you have surely seen the iconic Sport bar chocolate wrapped in iconic green and yellow packaging. Well, this sport bar dessert was inspired by the very same chocolate. This dessert is so effortless to make that you do not even have to turn the oven on. Moreover, you probably have the ingredients in your household already. Trust us, it could not get any easier than this one. You can read the original Hungarian recipe on Nosalty.

Ingredients:

For the dough:

• 500 g plain biscuits
• 250 g butter
• 200 ml milk
• 200 g cane sugar
• 3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 20 ml rum flavouring
• 1 vanilla pod