Two layers of crisp puff pastry sandwiching vanilla pastry cream and whipped cream, dusted with powdered sugar. Originally from Bled (60km north), now the defining Slovenian cake served at Ljubljana cafés and bakeries year-round.
Kremšnita was created in 1953 by Ištvan Lukačević, head chef at the Park Hotel in Bled, who fixed the classic Austro-Hungarian cream cake formula to the proportions that became Slovenia's national pastry standard. Park Hotel still serves the cake at the original specifications. Ljubljana cafés and bakeries (Kavarna Zvezda, Pekarna Osem, EK Bistro) serve faithful versions.
5 editor picks for Kremšnita (Bled Cream Cake) in Ljubljana, ranked by editorial score. All Ljubljana signature dishes · Kremšnita (Bled Cream Cake) across every city.
Brot Pekarna ★ 4.5
center · Poljanska cesta 11, 1000 Ljubljana
Brot Pekarna on Poljanska is a family-run artisan bakery with an international team, the carte three sourdoughs (white, half-white and Borodinsky).
EK Bistro bakery ★ 4.4
center · Petkovskovo nabrezje 65, 1000 Ljubljana
EK Bistro doubles as a small daily bakery, baking its own brioche, English muffins and cinnamon rolls every morning for the brunch room. A TableJourney pick.
Pekarna Osem ★ 4.3
stari-grad · Stari trg 19, 1000 Ljubljana
Pekarna Osem on Stari trg pairs its sourdough bakery with a small cafe counter where Andrej Gerzelj has been baking since 2013. A TableJourney editor pick.
Kavarna Zvezda pastry counter ★ 4.0
center · Wolfova ulica 14, 1000 Ljubljana
Kavarna Zvezda's pastry counter on Wolfova works in the old Habsburg city-cafe register, with potica, prekmurska gibanica and house Sacher-style chocolate.
Pekarna Vasko ★ 4.0
siska · Celovska cesta 89, 1000 Ljubljana
Pekarna Vasko bakes the traditional Slovenian range, from the Pohorska gibanica layered cake to pohorska kruh seeded loaf and burek for office mornings.