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Daring Bakers: Armenian Treats

April 27, 2012 By Korena in the Kitchen 47 Comments

The Daring Bakers’ April 2012 challenge, hosted by Jason at Daily Candor, were two Armenian standards: nazook and nutmeg cake. Nazook is a layered yeasted dough pastry with a sweet filling, and nutmeg cake is a fragrant, nutty coffee-style cake.

Armenian baking is not something I had ever contemplated before this challenge, which may ring true to many (have you ever contemplated Armenian baking?). However, Nate’s paternal forebears came from Armenia several generations ago, and he has a very Armenian last name, so it does surprise me just a little bit that, me being me, I never looked into it. That’s totally something I would do….

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Filed Under: Cakes & Pies, Daring Bakers / Daring Kitchen Challenges, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes Tagged With: Armenian baking, baking, coffee cake, Daring Bakers, dessert, ethnic cuisine, nazook, nazouk, nutmeg cake, recipe

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