Tinginys

Tinginys, whose name literally means the lazy one, is a homely Lithuanian sweet: crushed biscuits bound in a chocolate and condensed-milk mixture, rolled into a log, chilled and sliced to look like a salami. Requiring no baking, it is the cake every household knows how to make.

What you actually see

• The chocolate biscuit log - the sliced roll speckled with biscuit like salami.
• No-bake simplicity - a sweet made without an oven, hence the name.
• Home and cafe versions - a household staple also sold in cafes.
• Childhood nostalgia - a sweet nearly everyone grew up with.

When to go

Year-round; found in bakeries and cafes, and a fixture of home tables and celebrations. A slice with coffee is the way to try it.

Honest expectations

It is a simple, sweet, fridge-cake rather than a refined patisserie, so it charms through nostalgia and homeliness. It is very sweet and rich in small doses. Homemade versions beat most shop-bought ones.

Nearby

Cafes across Vilnius serve it; markets sell it by the slice alongside other Lithuanian baking.