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Külçə de Lənkəran, a traditional Azerbaijani brioche flavored with saffron and poppy seeds.

Külçə de Lənkəran, a traditional Azerbaijani brioche flavored with saffron and poppy seeds.

Baking

A bakery in Lankaran, Azerbaijan: small, risen dough pastries filled with butter, sugar, and saffron, baked until golden and sprinkled with poppy seeds.

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Recipe from Araz Yaquboglu (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The Lenkoran cake is a traditional Azerbaijani pastry, filled with a crumbly butter, sugar, and saffron filling. The dough, which is folded several times, is sprinkled with poppy seeds before baking.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time25 min
  • Resting1 hr 35 min
  • Total2 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyHard
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$4.26 $0.43 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

10 people

Dough

  • $0.61
  • $0.08
  • $0.35
  • $0.13
  • $0.11
  • $0.46

Decoration

  • $0.26
  • $0.10
  • $0.92
  • $1.24

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix together flour, sugar, cream, yeast, salt, and egg to form a dough. Let it rise.
  2. For the filling, beat together the butter, sugar, and saffron infusion, then add the flour. The mixture should form a crumbly dough. ≈ 4 min
  3. Once the dough has risen, spread it out, brush it with butter, then spread it again and fold it over itself several times by hand to make it more pliable.
  4. Divide the dough into 80g portions. Roll each portion into a square about 1cm thick, place 30-32g of filling in the center, and fold the edges towards the center. ≈ 4 min
  5. Gently flatten the dough between your hands to form a round shape, then let it rest for 45 to 50 minutes.
  6. Coat with egg, sprinkle with poppy seeds, and bake for 20-25 minutes at 180-200 °C.

The bill

Külçə de Lənkəran, a traditional Azerbaijani brioche flavored with saffron and poppy seeds.

  • 460 g of wheat flour$0.61
  • 70 grams of sugar$0.08
  • 1 egg$0.35
  • 32 g of thick cream$0.13
  • 6 grams of poppy seeds$0.11
  • 50 g of butter$0.46
  • 200 g of wheat flour$0.26
  • 95 g of powdered sugar$0.10
  • 100 g of butter$0.92
  • 0.2 grams of saffron$1.24

Total$4.26

that's $0.43 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 460 g of wheat flour
  • 10 grams of yeast
  • 70 grams of sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 32 g of thick cream
  • 6 grams of poppy seeds
  • 50 g of butter
  • A pinch of salt
  • 200 g of wheat flour
  • 95 g of powdered sugar
  • 100 g of butter
  • 0.2 grams of saffron

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