# The best Russian desserts

Russia's favourite sweets and cakes according to Onedio and Imperiya Dzhemov's lists and the advice of r/AskARussian users: 'medovik is sacred', with Napoleon and Bird's Milk close behind.

- 12 votes · 15 items
- Oct 24, 2024 · Виктория Николаева
- https://even.best/en/l/916/the-best-russian-desserts

## Top 15

1. **Napoleon** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Puff-pastry layers with custard.
2. **Medovik** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Honey cake layers with sour-cream frosting: 'sacred'.
3. **Kartoshka cake** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Made from sponge crumbs, cocoa and butter.
4. **Pastila** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Apple confection from Kolomna and Belyov.
5. **Blini with jam** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Thin pancakes, the great treat of Maslenitsa.
6. **Prague cake** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Chocolate cake created at Moscow's Praga restaurant.
7. **Chocolate salami** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Biscuits with cocoa and butter rolled into a log.
8. **Zefir** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Airy Russian marshmallow, classic or from Belyov.
9. **Bird's Milk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Creamy soufflé coated in chocolate on a thin sponge.
10. **Syrniki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried quark pancakes with sour cream or jam.
11. **Tula gingerbread** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Stamped gingerbread filled with jam.
12. **Muraveinik (anthill) cake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Shortbread sticks with condensed milk.
13. **Paskha** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Easter quark dessert shaped like a pyramid.
14. **Cherry vareniki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweet dumplings with sour cream.
15. **Condensed milk and Korovka sweets** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Sweetened condensed milk and soft milk candies.

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.