Karpatka, a.k.a. Carpathian Mountain cake, is a grand Polish cake that lives up to its name. Traditionally, two disks of tender, billowing pâte à choux house a layer of pastry cream lightened with whipped cream. In our creative riff, we ditched the pastry cream for a no-bake cheesecake filling. Homemade plum compote stains the filling with a […]