I admit I have a passion for cakes; sweets are my weakness. And the Hungarian specialty in the pastry arts spoil me with real delicacies. One of the classic pastry creations is the Dobos cake ...

Adapted from a Hungarian Jewish family’s recipe, this honey cake tastes like an icebox cake with a gingerbread crust. By Joan Nathan Honey cake, a springy loaf called lekach in Yiddish and ...

I’d never heard of it. So I Googled and turns out that monkey bread is actually a yeasted cake. Its origins are rooted in the immigrant Hungarian Jewish community that came to the United States.