With almost as much butter as flour, Dutch butter cake is rich and dense.

Traditionally made with laminated blundell pastry, these Hungarian chocolate rolls have crisp edges and soft, fluffy centers.

Torta di mele is a classic homemade Italian cake that you can serve as a merenda alongside a cup of coffee or even for a sweet breakfast

Pear frangipane tart is a French classic: tender poached pears atop rum-infused frangipane all nestled into a crisp pâte sucrée crust

Zimtsterne are traditional German Christmas cookies. They’re moist and chewy cinnamon stars glazed with a thin, crisp layer of royal icing.

Turrón is Spanish nougat that’s a popular Christmas candy loaded with toasted almonds and caramel-honey flavor.

Pain d’épices is a spice-laden honey cake from France. While the literal translation is spice bread, it’s roughly translated as gingerbread.

These are spiced shortcrust cookies with a smooth almond filling in the center.

Appeltaart is a tall Dutch apple pie made from a brown sugar shortcrust pastry filled to the brim with cinnamon apples.

This French chocolate tart with shortcrust pastry is incredibly decadent. While it may look humble, it is absolutely luxurious.

Diced apples are lightly sweetened, spiced with a hefty spoonful of cinnamon, and enveloped in a buttery-flaky parcel of puff pastry.

Apples are caramelized in butter and sugar on the stove, topped with pastry, and finished in the oven.

Tarta de Santiago is a cake with a simple base of almonds, sugar and eggs, usually flavored with cinnamon and lemon zest.

Breskvice are peach-shaped sandwich cookies popular in Croatia and Serbia filled with peach jam and a splash of rum

Donauwelle is a marble pound cake, studded with sour cherries, covered in a thick layer of German buttercream and a wavy chocolate topping.

Semifreddo, meaning “half-frozen,” is the Italian response to the French parfait.

The coca made for Sant Joan is a sweet pastry, very similar to a brioche, decorated with pastry cream and candied fruits.

Crostata is a classic pastry made with rich pasta frolla flavored with zest, with jam, and topped with a delightfully imperfect lattice.

Dobos torta is a Hungarian layer cake consisting of 5 layers of sponge cake filled with chocolate buttercream and topped with crisp caramel.

This tart is made with a crisp and buttery pâte sucrée base, filled with smooth almond cream, and topped with bright pitted cherries.

Kolaches are a Czech sweet pastry, usually filled with jam, poppy seeds or a cheese filling and topped with a sweet crumble.

This Italian olive oil cake has a crisp, golden crust and a rich and tender crumb.