Kolach (cake)

Koláč
round pastry with prominent crust and what appears to be fruit jam filling with crumbled cheese on top and a possible sprinkling of cinnamon or brown sugar
Larger koláč, called "frgál", typical of the Moravian Wallachia area
TypeSweet bread
Place of originCzech Republic and Slovakia
Region or stateCentral Europe
Koláč preparation in bakery
Making kolaches

A kolach,[1] from the Czech and Slovak koláč (plural koláče, diminutive koláčky, meaning "cake/pie"), is a type of sweet pastry that holds a portion of fruit surrounded by puffy yeast dough. Common filling flavors include tvaroh (a type of cottage cheese), fruit jam, poppy seeds, or povidla (prune jam). In the United States, the word kolache is sometimes used as the singular rather than as the plural, and the letter "s" is often added to the end of the word kolache to form "kolaches", which is a double plural.

  1. ^ "kolacky". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 22 January 2016.