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blini
Blini (also blinis or bliny; ; blin; ) are Russian pancakes, often made with a yeast-raised batter of buckwheat and/or wheat flour and milk. They may be served with smetana, cottage cheese, caviar and other garnishes, or simply smeared with butter. They are a traditional dish in Russian cuisine.
mille-feuille
A ' (; ), also known by the names Napoleon in North America and Post-Soviet countries, vanilla slice in the United Kingdom, and custard slice', is a French dessert made of puff pastry layered with pastry cream. Its modern form was influenced by improvements made by Marie-Antoine Carême.
kissel
Kissel or kisel is a simple dish with the consistency of a thick gel, and made of sweet fruit, berry, grains (oatmeal, rye, wheat), peas, or from milk. It is commonly thickened with potato starch or corn starch and may be served either as a drinkable dessert or as a thicker, jelly-like dish. It belongs to the group of cold-solidified desserts, although it can be served warm.
šakotis
Šakotis ("tree cake") ( , ) is a national Lithuanian, local Polish (northeasternmost part of Poland) and local westernmost Belarusian traditional spit cake. It is a cake made of butter, egg whites and yolks, flour, sugar, and cream, cooked on a rotating spit in an oven or over an open fire.
curd snack
type of sweet dairy product made from glazed or unglazed curd cheese with or without filling
funnel cake
deep-fried batter
kibinai
right|thumb|Kibinai right|thumb|Et ayaklak from a bakery in Kyiv Kibinai, kybyn, or kibin (plural in (Common Turkic Latin); singular in ) are traditional pastries filled with mutton and onion, popular with the Karaite ethnic minority in Lithuania. As everything Karaite in Lithuania, they are mostly associated with the city of Trakai. English-language travel guides compare them to Cornish pasties.
poppy seed roll
pastry
apple cheese
traditional Lithuanian dessert
tinginys
Tinginys is a popular dessert in Lithuania similar to chocolate salamis. The dish is typically prepared with biscuits or crackers, cocoa, butter, sugar and solidified milk.