LOLILOL, the coffee shop with the unavoidable chimney cake, the gourmet spit cakes

If you've ever been to Eastern Europe - Budapest, Prague, Bucharest... - you've probably noticed or even tasted these delicious chimney-shaped desserts: called Kurtoscalacs or Chimney Cakes, these spit-roasted cakes are astonishingly simple, yet their texture and shape...are unique. In the capital, they can be tasted at LOLILOL.

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In reality, it's a brioche pastry, rolled out into a cone, rolled in sugar and placed in the oven. When it comes out of the oven, the cake is soft on the inside, caramelized on the outside, and then rolled again in the topping of your choice: homemade vanilla sugar (with real Madagascar vanilla pods), cinnamon sugar, colored vermicelli, pistachio powder, ground hazelnuts...

Those with a sweet tooth will opt for a Chimney Cake in the shape of a cone, a shape designed to fill the cake with vanilla ice cream, strawberry sorbet or yoghurt ice cream. There's also the option of an original Chimney Cake (in the shape of a chimney for that matter), with a gourmet vegan topping to accompany it: hazelnut spread, pistachio paste, dark chocolate spread, Crete honey, apricot jam... All spreads are vegan, palm-oil free and made in Italy, or you can spice up your spit-roast cake with a delicious Crete honey, the favorite product of the store's owners, which they themselves found in Crete.

For options, you can ask for a vegan Chimney Cake for an extra €1 and, of course, when you take a toppings supplement (€2 on top of the cake), you can try them all: pistachio, caramel, spread... We've warned you: here, gourmandise is king, and it's the ideal snack for the whole family, summer or winter.

Behind the counter, we meet Pierre and Kosta: the former is Parisian by birth, the latter has Cretan origins, and both grew up in Paris, so it's no surprise that LOLILOL is, in the end, a reflection of its two partners. They discovered this cake on a trip to Budapest, so decided to import the concept to Crete, where they run a seasonal store, before opening this one in Paris. In addition to offering their cakes on the spit, they have created a savory version, with cheese, sauce or sausage for the Hot Dog recipe, tomato sauce and olives for the Pizza recipe...

No two spit-roasted cakes that come out of the LOLILOL oven are alike: and that's what we love about the concept too. "When you create a cake especially for the person, it's completely different from offering cakes that are already all ready-made and packaged," explains Kosta. Whether you're looking for a personalized snack, a gourmet lunch on the go, or a dessert that's a refreshing change from French pastries: whatever your excuse, go ahead and try these spit-roasted cakes that you don't see much of in Paris!