Here are the top 5 traditional Jewish desserts to serve at the Hanukkah party, which you are planning to host.

1. Grated Chocolate Passover Cake

As the name suggests this cake can be used as a Passover food because it combines all the kosher ingredients such as eggs, sugar, potato starch, matzo cake meal, and bitter or semi-sweet chocolate bars. In our opinion this cake is easier to prepare and tastier to eat. And freezes well too! That means you can save something for your loved ones, who couldn't make it for the Hanukkah party due to one or the other reasons.

2.   Almendrados

We can say that this is an authentic Jewish dessert, which boasts of lively ancestral origins. It is believed that this Sephardic dessert was first baked in the earlier 15^th century. Almendrados is prepared using blanched almonds, lemon zest, egg and sugar.  These cookies require little more preparation time than the other regular cookies. These cookies are left to dry for a day before you actually decide to bake it.  
 

3.   Biscochos de Huevo (Sephardic Cookie Rings)
These sweet cookie rings are savored and favored by all Jews living across the globe. They are also known as “roskitas de gueve “and in India, Syria, and Iraq these cookie rings are served during Sabbath and Hanukkah breakfast too.  You need all-purpose flour, double-acting baking powder, eggs, salt, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract/ ground cinnamon to prepare these cookie rings. You can store it in airtight container at freezer or even they remain intact in the room temperature too. Sephardic Nut cookies or Biscochos de Nuez are the variation of the Biscochos de Huevo.

4.   Passover Flourless Chocolate Cake
This flourless cake extrudes elegance and features both cocoa, and chocolate. The cake derives its rich, dark color from these ingredients. The cake is drenched in chocolate from top to bottom.  The cake is considered perfect for Passover because flour or other leavening agents are not used in its preparation. Semisweet chocolate, unsalted butter, granulated sugar, salt, espresso powder, eggs, and unsweetened cocoa powder are used in preparation of the cake. Whereas semi-sweet chocolate, and heavy cream is used for glaze. And sliced almonds are used for topping.  You can serve it during other celebrations too.

5.   Passover Tishpishti
This Turkish Orange walnut cake can be served as the Passoverdessert. The cake is considered perfect for Passover because it is free from flour and any sort of leavening agent. The eggs, walnuts, ground almonds, sugar, grated zest of orange, and cinnamon is used in preparation of the Tishpishti. We can say that it is light and simply delicious.

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