Monday, 08 July 2013 / Published in Sweets

Bougatsa – Greek Cream Pie

Bougatsa is very easy to make and of course very nice to eat. Ancient Greeks made a pie that could be called an ‘early bougatsa’. It was a kind of a pie with various fillings. The years and eons passed and the bougatsa pie became a very popular sweet in Istanbul and Smyrna. The refugees
Monday, 24 December 2012 / Published in Sweets

Christmas Cake

It is a beautiful, fruity and nutty but light cake. Although it is supposed to be a Christmas cake, we all love it so much that I make it quite often. I make a large pan, and when it cools down I cut it into squares. I wrap two squares in cling film and keep