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Portokalópita (in Greek, Πορτοκαλόπιτα; from πορτοκάλι portokáli "orange" and πιτα pita "cake") is a typical Greek cake whose main ingredient is sweet orange. Portokalópita is very popular in Greece and is usually consumed as a dessert with coffee. [1]
A pair of siblings have reignited a debate over cake — specifically, what it means to be a chocolate cake. In December, Gia Cooper posted a video to TikTok, and later to Instagram, where the ...
Vasilopita (Greek: Βασιλόπιτα, Vasilópita, lit.'(St.) Basil-pie' or 'Vassilis pie', see below) is a New Year's Day bread, cake or pie in Greece and many other areas in eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East which contains a hidden coin or trinket which gives good luck to the receiver, like the Western European King Cake.
It is not necessarily derogatory, although 'malakas' literally means "one who masturbates" in Greek, the word is commonly used in a daily, semi-joking basis among friends and peers, to the point of becoming associated with Greek communities and Greeks worldwide, apart from being the most common Modern Greek word worldwide.
slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving * (slang) hand-rolled cigarette containing cannabis and tobacco connection between two objects or bones an establishment, especially a disreputable one ("a gin joint"; "let's case the joint") (slang, orig. US)
Placenta cake is a dish from ancient Greece and Rome consisting of many dough layers interspersed with a mixture of cheese and honey and flavored with bay leaves, baked and then covered in honey. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The dessert is mentioned in classical texts such as the Greek poems of Archestratos and Antiphanes , as well as the De agri cultura of ...
Ypovrihio or Ypovrichio, [645] means submarine in Greek, also known as vanilia or mastiha, a white chewy sweet that is served on a spoon dipped in a tall glass of cold water. Fetoydia, [646] Venizelika, [462] from the island of Limnos. Zoumero, [647] chocolate cake originating from Chania made with flour, baking powder, eggs, vanilla, and cocoa ...
A cake flavored with spices such as cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger, or mace. Spiku: Indonesia: A cake with similar ingredients to a spekkoek that only has three layers of vanilla and chocolate cake. Spit cake: Ancient Greece: A term that can refer to any number of hollow, cylindrical cakes prepared on a rotating spit in several European ...