Those who visited our chimney cake workshops already know the steps of making the chimney cakes from scratch. Let’s see a recipe for this, so you can make them at home as well! Chimney Cake cooking classes in Budapest are available for everyone, so to truly understand the steps you can see beneath, you’ve got to come visit us for a workshop beforehand. Enjoy these delicious sweet pastries!
Ingredients for Chimney Cake dough (4pcs)
280g plain flour
150ml lukewarm milk
35 g butter or sunflower oil 15 g icing sugar
13g fresh yeast
3 egg yolks
pinch of salt
Ingredients for the outside layer of the Chimney Cake
20g sugar
1 tsp cinnamon or cocoa powder, or pack of vanilla sugar
Chimney Cake dough recipe instructions
Mix together yeast, milk, and a teaspoon of icing sugar (5g).
Whisk butter or oil with 3 egg yolks into a forth, add flour and the remaining sugar (10g), and mix together.
Add the dissolved yeast to the dough, process well, and leave to rise for 30 to 45 minutes.
- Make approx. 1 meter long strips
- Wind them around the spit and fold the ends
- Roll out so that the wound strips join together
- Brush with butter or oil and roll them in sugar
- Leave to rise for 15 minutes
- Cook in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 250°C
- Turn them by one-third twice
- Coat in the mixture of sugar and cinnamon etc.
- Carefully slide down the chimney cakes
Note: The time required for cooking and intervals for rotating the spit may vary depending on the type of oven!
