Kurtoskalacs appears as a signature dish in 1 Hungary cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Kürtőskalács · Budapest
Hungarian chimney cake, a sweet yeasted dough wound around a wooden spit, brushed with butter and sugar, then rolled over coal until the sugar caramelises into a crisp shell.
Kurtoskalacs is a Transylvanian Hungarian tradition that arrived in Budapest in force from the early 2000s. The cinnamon-walnut version is the standard; coal-fire rolling at the counter is part of the show.
Where to eat in Budapest:
- Karaván Street Food
- Molnár's Kürtőskalács
- Stika Bakery