Trdelnik recipe – Try to bake Chimney Cakes at home and send us a picture!

You can also bake Chimney Cakes at home. You may be surprised that it’s not hard at all.

You will need canola tubes or special spits

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and the following ingredients:

Dough:

• 1 cup of milk
• 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar
• 1 pack of dry yeast
• 2 cups of all purpose flour
• 80 grams of butter
• 2 eggs
• Pinch of salt

Toppings:

• 1-2 tablespoons cold butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Instructions:

1. Sourdough: Mix the yeast with a little warm milk and a little sugar. Put it in some warm place and cover by towel. 
2. Dough: Mix all the remaining ingredients (note: milk must be warm, butter melted), and add the sourdough. Cover the dough with a towel and let it rise for 1 hour.
3. Mixture: Mix sugar with cinnamon or with almonds, walnuts, cocoa, coconut…
4. When the dough is ready, roll into a thick log and divide into 8 – 10 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a long rope, about 1 1/2 to 2 feet long (about 1/4” thick) and wrap 1 rope of dough around each butter-coated mold. Brush pastry with egg wash and then roll pastry in the mixture to coat, pressing down as you roll. 
5. Bake in a preheated 350F degree oven for about 20 minutes. The Chimney Cakes must be turned around halfway through the cooking time. Remove from oven and carefully slide warm pastry. Best eaten while still warm.