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New Year's Table

Olena Vasylchuk Updated 04.11.2026

Everything for a festive spread: Olivier and herring under a fur coat, roast meats, chicken Kyiv, Napoleon and Kyiv cakes. The classics everyone waits for all year, with exact grams so the day stays calm.

Cakes

Napoleon Cake

A homemade Napoleon cake with eight thin butter pastry layers and silky vanilla custard, plus tips on rolling the pastry and cooking lump-free cream.

Hands-on time: 2 h 25 min plus waiting time: +8 h 30 min Difficulty: Challenging

Chicken
Roast Chicken with Lemon and Herbs
Hands-on time: 1 h 35 min plus waiting time: +45 min Difficulty: Easy
Meat
Holubtsi Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Hands-on time: 2 h 10 min plus waiting time: +10 min Difficulty: Medium
Bread and Buns
Challah
Hands-on time: 1 h 5 min plus waiting time: +3 h 10 min Difficulty: Medium
Cakes
Honey Layer Cake
Hands-on time: 2 h plus waiting time: +8 h Difficulty: Challenging
Chicken
Chicken Kyiv
Hands-on time: 1 h plus waiting time: +1 h Difficulty: Challenging
Salads
Olivier Salad
Hands-on time: 1 h plus waiting time: +1 h Difficulty: Easy
Cakes
Kyiv Cake
Hands-on time: 2 h 50 min plus waiting time: +4 h Difficulty: Challenging
Cookies
Gingerbread Cookies
Hands-on time: 1 h 5 min plus waiting time: +3 h Difficulty: Medium
Salads
Layered Herring and Beet Salad
Hands-on time: 1 h 40 min plus waiting time: +4 h Difficulty: Medium
Meat
Oven-Roasted Pork Loin
Hands-on time: 1 h 35 min plus waiting time: +13 h 15 min Difficulty: Easy
Meat
Boeuf Bourguignon
Hands-on time: 4 h 15 min Difficulty: Challenging