Ka'ak

This article is about Arabic baked goods. For the circular biscuit made for Eid al-Fitr and Easter, see Kahk. For the native bread of Balochistan, see Kaak (bread).
Ka'ak
CoursePastry
Place of originSyria [1]
Region or stateMiddle East
Main ingredientsWheat flour, vegetable oil, eggs, sugar, black cumin or sesame seeds, egg yolk, water, salt
VariationsKaak el eid,[2] Kaak Asawar,[3] Kaak bi ajwa,[4] Ka'ek el Quds

Ka'ak (Arabic: كعك; also transliterated kaak) or kahqa is the common Arabic word for cake or biscuit, in its various senses, and can refer to several different types of baked goods[5] produced throughout the Arab world and the Near East. The bread, in Middle Eastern countries, is similar to a dry and hardened biscuit and mostly ring-shaped. Similar pastry, called "kue kaak", is also popular in Indonesia.

  1. ^ "Palestinian Ka'ak". 21 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Ka'ak el Eid - Palestinian Date Cookies". 19 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Palestinian Date Ring Cookies (Kaak Asawer)". 11 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Palestinian Ka'ak". 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ Anthony B. Toth (March–April 1991). "On the Streets of Damascus". Saudi AramcoWorld. Retrieved 2008-03-14.