It was a great pleasure to create these colorful mezeskalacs hearts, which are very unique in East Europe country fairs. There was no country fair in my childhood without a mezeskalacs vendor. They sold huge decorated hearts for keepsake which we cherished for a long time.
I did a little bit of research about the tradition behind the design and the shiny mirror in the middle.
These traditional Mezeskalacs (Hungarian honey bread) are not designed for eating and can last indefinitely with care given to storage. The phrase “Szeretlek” means “I Love You” in Hungarian. These are wonderful gifts for grandparents, grandchildren, or anyone worthy of your love and appreciation.
Every year I create 3-4 new Easter cookie design for the season, this is one of my new once. It was a hit around the kids last weekend who were looking for Easter cookies already.
One of my favorite recipe for gingerbread cookies.
I tried the traditional American gingerbread, but that was too spicy for me. In my country Hungary, we also have a similar recipe, made with almost the same ingredients, but instead adding molasses we add honey. I combined these two recipes to get something very delicious.
I have baked and decorated many different kind of gingerbread cookies this yeas. This is one of my favorite, which will be on the donated to the Hungarian Society for their annual raffle drawing.
This is a gingerbread Valentine’s Day cookie – red and white, where I tried to incorporate some traditional Hungarian motives. There is just a little bit of icing on it. Only the decoration. The red is applied directly to the surface of the cookie.
My gingerbread recipe is a different from the traditional once. It is a great combination of a Hungarian honey bread recipe and the traditional american gingerbread. It is less spicy but has all the flavor. Those who do not like traditional gingerbread love these.
These were created for donation for a local Hungarian party. We still have snow outside, but I just felt the urge to work with some bright colors, and I hope the winners of this plate will also appreciate it.
