# The best Polish cakes

The Polish cakes Poles bake most often and that are conquering world rankings: apple cake and cheesecake took first place in TasteAtlas' 2024 rankings.

- 10 votes · 13 items
- Dec 9, 2025 · Joanna Z.
- https://even.best/en/l/419/the-best-polish-cakes

## Top 10

1. **Sernik** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Twaróg cheesecake; first among TasteAtlas' cheese desserts and Poland's most searched cake recipe.
2. **Makowiec** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Rolled yeast cake with poppy seed filling, a must at Christmas.
3. **Szarlotka** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Apple cake on shortcrust; first among the world's sweet cakes in TasteAtlas 2024.
4. **Pączki** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fried doughnuts with rose jam, 31st in the world's 100 best desserts.
5. **Karpatka** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Choux pastry cake with custard cream, said to look like the Carpathians.
6. **Kremówka papieska** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two layers of puff pastry with cream, Pope John Paul II's favourite from Wadowice.
7. **Babka wielkanocna** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Iced yeast babka for the Easter table.
8. **Jabłecznik** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Apple cake on shortcrust, close cousin of szarlotka.
9. **Marcinek** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Multi-layered cake with cream from Podlasie, 34th in the TasteAtlas ranking.
10. **Mazurek** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Flat, lavishly decorated Easter cake.
11. **Piernik** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spiced honey cake; Toruń gingerbread has centuries of tradition.
12. **Drożdżówka z kruszonką** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yeast cake with crumble and fruit, a Polish bakery classic.
13. **Sękacz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cake baked in layers on a rotating spit over a fire, with characteristic icicles; specialty of Podlasie.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.