In 2024, the Poppy Flower became the Cake of Hungary

This year, the Hungarian Confectionery Industry Association announced the “Cake of Hungary” competition for the eighteenth time on our national holiday, the founding of the state, on August 20.

Saint Stephen’s Day, to greet Hungary’s symbolic birthday.
The confectionary professional organization announced the 2024 competition under the theme “Superfood” to draw attention to Hungarian raw materials with rich intrinsic values. Nominations were expected for new, creative cakes whose distinctive, defining flavors are made up of the ingredients listed in the ingredient baskets below, which are considered Hungarian “superfoods”, and of which at least two ingredients had to be used in the named cakes:
• berries: blueberries, black currants, rose hips, blackberries,
• grains, seeds: hemp seed, flax seed, spelt, millet,
• vegetables: beetroot, pumpkin, carrot, sweet potato,
• oily seeds: walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, hazelnuts.
Ingredients recommended for use were also: sea buckthorn, rowan, honey, poppy, gooseberry, strawberry, raspberry, prune, blue grape, dark chocolate, oats.