CHIMNEY CAKES ..."borrowed" from Hungary

The Kürtöskalács, or chimney cake, is a traditional Hungarian pastry that is wrapped around a wooden spool and slowly turned over an open fire. Its origins are from Transylvania, but they’re now celebrated as the oldest pastry in Hungary, and they’re often served as street food. The dough is coated with oil and sugar, and when baked it creates a crunchy, sugary outside crust, not unlike a hot pretzel, with a soft doughy inside.

"SOMEHOW" in the last 10-20 years or so, "Trdelník" (the wooden tool the cake ingredients are wrapped around during baking) became the name and popularity of a Czech treat when Chimney Cakes which arrived from Hungary and became a Czech sensation.
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