Honey cakes

' (), (, ) or ' (, ) are honey-sweetened German cakes, moulded cookies or bar cookies that have become part of Germany's Christmas traditions. They are similar to gingerbread.

Medovik ( ; from , 'honey', [medovyk]) is a layer cake popular in countries of the former Soviet Union. The identifying ingredients are honey and smetana (sour cream) or condensed milk.

traditional cake from the Madeira Islands

French quick bread

Lekach is a honey-sweetened cake made by Jews, especially for the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Known in Hebrew as (, ), it is mainly eaten in Israel by Israeli Jews and Jewish people all over the world who know it by its Yiddish name, (), phono-semantically matched in Hebrew as [ugat] lekakh (, ) influenced by the Biblical association of teaching with honey. It is traditionally eaten at Rosh Hashanah in hopes of ensuring a sweet New Year. It is also customary to ask for and receive a honey cake on Erev Yom Kippur.

Medivnyk or medovyk () іs a Ukrainian honey cake.

cheesecake recipe from ancient Greece

gingerbread cake

Marlenka () is a layered honey cake that originated from a traditional Armenian family recipe and produced in the Czech Republic. It is manufactured by the company Marlenka International s.r.o., based in Frýdek-Místek, and has become a commercially available dessert in several countries.