Placenta cake
Placenta cake is a dish from ancient Greece and Rome consisting of many dough layers interspersed with a mixture of cheese and honey and flavored with bay leaves, baked and then covered in honey. The dessert is mentioned in classical texts such as the Greek poems of Archestratos and Antiphanes, as well as the De agri cultura of Cato the Elder. It is often seen as the predecessor of baklava and börek.
A Greek plăcintă-maker in Bucharest in 1880. | |
| Type | Pie |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome |
| Main ingredients | Flour and semolina dough, cheese, honey, bay leaves |
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