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1. Moscow cake. Contest. Love

Moscow is not just the historical and main city of the country, but gastronomical capital. From September 2016, Moscow has its own cake. The cake was chosen by 150 thousand of citizens during ‘Moscow autumn’ fest. There were nearly 15 different cakes, each of different filling and design. The degustation was hold by the Head of trade and service Department, Aleksey Nemeryuk. 
Moscow cake consists from the four proteinaceous cake layers interbedded by cream on to basis of boiled condensed milk with addition of a filbert. The surface of cake is decorated by red brilliant glaze. Today, cake is popular meal among citizens and guests. Coffee shops, special kiosks and shops in the centre of the city- places where you may taste it. 

 

2. Famous Alyonushka. Pretty Girl. Souvenir 
Alyonka chocolate is one of the best-selling brands in Russia. One the loved tourist gifts and souvenirs. It’s great association with country and its Soviet past. It is certainly the most popular and biggest selling domestically produced candy in Russia’s history. There are many ‘Alyonka choco bars’ are opening in Moscow today. Guests can taste different sorts of candy with hot and delicious coffee and tea. Success of Alyonka chocolate is a reason of the past. In production since 1965, Alyonka chocolates were the byproducts of a special socialist food program implemented by the Soviet regime to mass produce affordable (not to be confused with widely available) chocolate. To find the right packaging and fresh face for the new chocolate bar, Russia’s Red October Chocolate Factory announced a formal competition in a central Moscow-based newspaper. The winner was a photo of a young girl, submitted by an artist who actually worked at the factory. Following the release of the now infamous blue-eyed baby in a traditional head kerchief on the package, rumors circulated that the adorable little girl was actually Svetlana Allilueva — Joseph Stalin’s own daughter.

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3. From Tula with love. Gingerbread. Pryanik
If you are going to Tula, it’s a great chance to have a gastronomic journey there. Tula is a homeland for one of the most beloved candy by the Russians- pryanik. A dessert called “honey bread” was first enjoyed in Ancient Egypt and came to Russia in the 9th Century, when the legendary Rurik and Oleg of Novgorod joined together disparate East Slavic and Finno-Ugric tribes to form one unified state. At that time, gingerbread was made from rye flour mixed with honey and berry juice. It got its modern name when people started enhancing this recipe with spices from India and the Middle East, which first appeared in Russia in the 12th-13th centuries. The most famous Russian gingerbread is from Tula, about 120 miles south of Moscow. It is a square slab of spicy cake filled with jam or condensed milk. In the late 1990s, Tula opened a museum devoted to the cake. There Is also the pryanik monument.

4. Tatar sweet. Chak-chak. Tea match

The most popular souvenir and candy in Kazan. The best dessert of ‘sabantui’, perfectly matched to tea and honey. A recipe that originates from the Turkic peoples, chak-chak is a solid favorite of the sweet-toothed Russians. It is still considered the national dish of Tatars and Bashkirs – one of Russia’s largest ethnic minorities. Unlike pastels, the recipe for chak-chak has remained virtually unchanged since ancient times. This Eastern delight is made from soft dough and raw eggs, molded into short delicate sticks that look like vermicelli or marbles, which are then deep-fried and placed in an elegant pile before a hot honey sauce is poured over them. The pile is then left to harden before being served.

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5. Churchkhela. Caucasian gift. Summer meal.

Another dessert rooted from Turkic. Bright, chewy, tropical. A traditional home-made candy shaped like a sausage and found mainly at seaside resorts. Rooted in Caucasian cuisine, it’s made from nuts (almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts) threaded onto a long string and dipped in sweet grape juice that has been thickened with flour. This dessert is undoubtedly the healthiest delicacy on the list, as it contains lots of glucose and fructose, vegetable oils, proteins, organic acids and vitamins. Out of the 12 sweets on our list, this one probably also takes the most time to prepare. Each churchkhela needs to dry in the sun for at least two weeks, and it is then left to mature for up to three months. But anyone who tastes a churchkhela will agree that it is worth the effort – it eventually acquires a rich, chocolaty taste, even though the recipe does not contain anything even remotely resembling a cocoa bean.