44 Crazy and Beautiful Cakes and Pastries from Around The World

Bet you can't get through this without dribbling all over the place.

It's not only Paul Hollywood who gets to travel the globe, indulging in all things cake and pastry. You can too with these recipes for the world's most awesome bakery-style treats. From the France's familiar Tarte au Citron and Apricot Vol au Vents, to Eastern Eurpean Babka and a mouth-watering Mozambique Banana Cake, these crazy-delicious bakes are all you need to satisfy your sweet tooth.

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Apple Cinnamon Galettes

For the Two-Crust Pie Dough 1. Stir the flour, sugar and salt to combine in a bowl or using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cut in the butter by hand with a pastry cutter or on low speed until just small pieces of butter are visib

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Peach Streusel Slab Pie

Adjust a rack to the bottom third of the oven and preheat the oven to 190°C. Grease the bottom and sides of a rimmed 10-by-15-inch baking sheet with butter.For the dough: Combine the butter, flour, icing sugar and salt in a food processor and pro

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Tres Leches Cake with Dulce de Leche Frosting

Special equipment: a 10-inch tube pan (not the kind with a removable bottom), a long skewer 1. For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Separate the eggs, putting the whites in one large bowl and the yolks in another. 2. Add the cream o

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Gateau St. Honoré

For the Base Preheat the oven to 375 F and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Cut the puff pastry into a 9-inch circle (or use the shell from a 9-inch removable tart pan to cut a circle with a pretty fluted edge) and place this on the bak

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Opera Torte

Preheat the oven to 400 F and line an 11-x-17-inch sheet pan with parchment paper. Whip the 2 egg yolks and the whole egg with the ¼ cup of sugar until it is thick, pale and holds a ribbon when the beaters are lifted. In a separate bowl, stir the

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Pain D'Epices

Prehat oven to 190°C. Grease and sprinkle with sugar (Demerara preferable) an 8-inch square or round pan. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and spices (stir in aniseed). In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, honey, water and 2 tbsp rum

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Classic Cherry Strudel

Juicy cherries encased in layers of homemade paper-thin pastry.

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Tyropitakia-Cheese Pies

To make the filling, combine the all the cheese together with the parsley, nutmeg, pepper, and eggs. Mix well and set aside for 1 hour, refrigerated. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Pull filo dough from the refrigerator and unroll. Make sure to keep t

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Chocolate Hazelnut Napoleon

For the pastry cream, heat the evaporated milk and milk in a medium saucepot until just below a simmer. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks, and cornstarch together. Place the chocolate and butter in a separate bowl and place a strainer over the top.

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Chocolate Hazelnut Filo Cigars with White Chocolate Dip

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), gas mark 4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 2. In a small bowl, mix together the hazelnuts, dark chocolate, caster sugar and honey. Take one sheet of filo pastry and brush it with melted butter, kee

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M'hencha Celebration Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Take a handful of the almonds (about 50 grams) and toast them in a dry frying pan, until lightly golden, then add these along with the remaining almonds to a food processor and blend until they resemble breadcrumbs (but

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Schiacciata alla Fiorentina

A classic Italian orange cake made with fresh zest and juice.

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Mozambique Banana Cake

1. Preheat the oven 180°C. 2. Prepare your loose bottomed 20cm diameter cake tin by lightly greasing with butter and dusting with flour. 3. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time until well inco

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Blue Ribbon Apple Pie

For the Double Crust Fruit Pie Dough Combine the flour, sugar and salt together. Add the oil and blend in using a pastry cutter, electric beaters or a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, until the flour looks evenly crumbly in texture. Add

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Homemade Soft Pretzels

1) Combine the water, sugar and kosher salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and sprinkle the yeast on top. Allow to sit for 5 minutes or until the mixture begins to foam. Add the flour and butter and, using the dough hook attachment, mix on low speed un

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Blueberry and Lemon Millefeuille

1. Line a large baking tray with baking paper. 2. Dust the work surface with lots of icing sugar and roll out the pastry to a rectangle just larger than 27 x 30cm, trimming the edges straight. It should be super thin, as thin as you can get it. 3.

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Eccles Cakes

Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas mark 7. First, melt the butter in a small pan, taking care not to burn it. Then, in a large bowl, mix together the melted butter, the Demerara sugar, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange zest. Roll out t

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Swedish Princess Cake

1. Split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds and add to a saucepan with the milk. Bring to the boil. Take care not to burn and turn off heat as soon as boiling point is reached. 2. Whisk egg yolk and sugar until it goes almost white, then turn

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Baklava

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Chop the nuts finely or use a food processor to blitz them up. 3. Place the sugar, water and juice of the lemon in a saucepan, bring to the boil, then simmer for 30 minutes until it is thick enough to coat a spoon. 4.

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Mini Cannolis

To make the caramel pastry cream: Bring the water, sugar and corn syrup to a full boil in a medium saucepot. Boil, uncovered and without stirring, occasionally brushing the sides of the pot with water, until it is a light amber colour. Whisk in th

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Cornish Pasty

1. To make the pastry, sift the flour and salt in a medium bowl. Cut the butter into roughly 2cm cubes, add to the flour and mix with your fingertips, making sure there are still small pieces of butter throughout. Make a well in the centre and slowly

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Anna Olson's Tarte au Citron

For the Pastry Beat the butter and icing sugar together until smooth. Push the hard boiled egg yolk through a sieve and stir the raw egg yolk and vanilla into it. Add this to the butter mixture and stir until blended. Add the flour and salt

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Frangipane Pithivier

1. Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs until well mixed, then beat in the almonds and (and optional rum / brandy) to a smooth batter. 2. Pipe or spoon filling onto the smaller of the two short crust rounds leaving abou

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Mini Croissants

Divide the croissant dough into 3 pieces and roll each out into a rectangle 12-inches by 4-inches. Cut each into 12 triangles (for the salted caramel pecan, you can do pain au chocolate style cuts), and score and fill with each of the 3 combinations,

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Pie Baked Apples

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Cut the top 1/2 inch from the 4 apples. Using a melon baller or spoon, dig out the insides of the apples and reserve, leaving 1/4 inch flesh next to the skin. Remove the cores and seeds and discard. Coarsely chop

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Profiteroles & Éclairs

For the pastry cream, heat the milk with the scraped seeds of the vanilla bean or the vanilla bean paste until just below a simmer.In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch. Ready a bowl with the butter, placing a strainer on top

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Bakewell Tart

Andy Bates?s mum has been making this famous English tart since he was little.

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Welsh Cakes

Classic currant-studded cookies topped with a shower of crunchy sugar.

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Dinner Spanakopitas

1) Preheat the oven to 190°C/gas mark 5. 2) Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan, add the onion, and cook for 5 mins over medium-low heat. Add the spring onions, and cook for another 2 mins until the spring onions are wilted but still gre

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Cinnamon Churros with Mexican Chocolate Dipping Sauce

In a large Dutch oven or countertop fryer using a high heat thermometer, bring the canola oil to 190°C.For the chocolate sauce: Bring a double broiler to a simmer over medium-low heat. Carefully melt the chocolate. Remove from the heat. With a wo

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Anna Olson's Croquembouche

For the Pastry Cream 1. Heat the milk with the scraped seeds of the vanilla bean or the vanilla bean paste until just below a simmer. 2. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks, sugar and cornstarch. Ready a bowl with the butter, placing a stra

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Pizza Dough Chicken Empanadas

1. Combine the garlic, onions, salt and 5 cups water in a 12-inch high-sided saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the chicken breasts and bay leaf, and lower the heat to a simmer. 2. Cook the chicken, partially covered, until cooked through, about 35

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Funnel cakes

1) Combine milk, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl. 2) In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda, and sugar and gradually add to wet ingredients. 3) Beat with a mixer until a smooth batter forms. Fold in melted butter. 4) Pour

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Salted Caramel Cinnamon Rolls

For the cinnamon roll dough, combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and bring together using your hands. Knead for 10 minutes. Place into a greased bowl and cover with a damp cloth. Leave to rise in a warm place for 90 minutes. Meanwhile, mak

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Crab and Coconut Samosas

Crab and grated coconut turn your average samosa into something special.

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Lemon Bundt Cake with Berry Rhubarb Glaze

Lemon juice and sour cream add a tart freshness to this glazed cake.

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Palmiers

1) Preheat the oven to 220°C/gas mark 8. 2) Combine the sugar and salt. Pour 200g of sugar/salt mixture on a flat surface such as wooden board or marble. Unfold each sheet of puff pastry onto the sugar and pour 100g of the sugar mixture on to

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German Chocolate Cake

Special equipment: a pastry bag fitted with a star tip 1. For the cake: Preheat the oven to 175°C. Lightly coat two 9-inch round cake pans with oil and dust with flour. Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a small bowl; set

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Tomato and Basil Tarte Tatin

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C, Gas Mark 6. 2. Place the tomatoes in a 20cm ovenproof frying pan with the vegetable oil, salt and pepper and honey or sugar. Arrange together as tightly as possible. 3. Sprinkle the tomatoes with the breadcrumbs