Fairground Stall · Spit Cake
Kürtőskalács (Chimney Cake)
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Legend says it was invented by Szekler women who baked ash and flour on a stick to fool Mongol invaders into thinking their stores were still full.
A cylinder of sweet yeast dough is wound around a wooden spit, brushed with sugar, and rotated over hot coals until the outside caramelizes into a crackling shell. Vendors sell it warm off the spit at fairs and Christmas markets, rolled in walnuts, cinnamon, or cocoa.
Why it's made this way: The treat comes from Székely Land in eastern Transylvania, where the Hungarian-speaking Szekler community has baked it this way for centuries; the earliest written recipe dates to a 1784 Transylvanian cookbook.
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