Plain Chimney
$6.80Just dough and sugar, rotated until the shell crackles. The classic that started it all.
Spiraled dough, slow rotation, sugar that crackles. A 300-year-old Eastern European pastry — hand-rolled and finished to order in Brighton Beach.
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About the bake
A street pastry with bakery-level drama.
Chimney cake — kürtőskalács in Hungarian, trdelník in Czech — is a Central European spiral pastry from the 1700s. Yeasted dough wraps a wooden spit, rotates as it slow-bakes, and gets rolled in sugar while it's still hot. The sugar caramelizes into a crackling shell. The center stays soft and steaming.
We roll, bake, and finish every cake to order. The first bite cracks. The center is still warm enough to fog the cup. Then comes the cream, the fruit, the chocolate, the ice cream — meeting the heat and softening into something you'll think about tomorrow.
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Hand-rolled
Yeasted dough wrapped around a wooden roller.
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Slow-baked
Rotated in the oven until the sugar shell crackles.
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Sugar-glazed
Rolled in sugar while still hot, until it crackles.
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Filled to order
Cream, fruit, chocolate, ice cream — landing warm.
The Menu
Ten spirals. One won't be enough.
Hot pastry, cold cream, crushed nuts, sauces that move fast from counter to first bite. Pick a classic spiral, or load up a cone with ice cream and toppings.
Classic Chimney Cakes
Nutella Chimney
$9.80Warm spiral, melting hazelnut chocolate. Childhood — finally upgraded.
Vanilla Cream Chimney
$9.80Cold whipped vanilla cream piped through hot pastry. The bite that made everyone post.
Pistachio Cream Chimney
$10.80Slow-roasted pistachio cream, dense and nutty, piped through the warm core.
Chimney Cake Cones
Pistachio Chimney
$14.80Pistachio cream filling, crushed Sicilian pistachios on top, golden crust below.
SIGNATURE
Dubai Chimney
$16.80Pistachio cream, crispy kataifi, dark chocolate, vanilla ice cream — stacked on a freshly baked spiral. The viral one.
Red Velvet Chimney
$15.80Vanilla cream, crushed red velvet cake, berry drizzle. A Brooklyn slice married a Budapest pastry.
Crembrulee Chimney
$14.80Vanilla custard inside the spiral, torched at the counter. The crack of caramel, then the warmth underneath.
Nutella, Banana & Strawberry
$13.80Nutella, fresh banana, sliced strawberry, vanilla ice cream. Dessert and a fruit salad in the same hand.
Oreo Chimney
$14.80Vanilla ice cream, crushed Oreos, dark chocolate drizzle. The one your kid will fight you for.
Coffee & Drinks
What to drink with it.
Espresso pulled fresh, iced classics, and milkshakes for the boardwalk. Strong enough to keep up with the sugar.
Hot Coffee
- Black Coffee $3.90
- Espresso $3.60
- Cappuccino $5.90
- Latte $6.60
- Flat White $5.60
- Macchiato $4.60
- Mocha $6.90
- Americano $4.60
- Turkish Coffee $5.90
Iced Coffee
- Fredo Cappuccino $6.90
- Fredo Espresso $5.90
- Iced Latte $7.60
- Iced Mocha $7.90
- Frappe $3.90
- Affogato Frappe $8.60
- Iced Coffee (flavours) $6.90
Milkshakes
- Banana $5.20
- Strawberry $5.20
- Mix $5.20
Things people ask
What is a chimney cake, anyway?
Three centuries of bakers got this right. Here's what it is, where it comes from, and how we make it on Brighton Beach.
What is a chimney cake? +
A chimney cake — known as kürtőskalács in Hungarian and trdelník in Czech and Slovak — is a Central European spiral pastry from the 1700s. Yeasted dough is wrapped around a wooden spit, slow-baked while it rotates, and rolled in sugar while it's still hot. The sugar caramelizes into a crackling shell, leaving a hollow cylinder with a soft warm interior — finished to order with cream, fruit, chocolate, or ice cream.
What is a Dubai chimney cake? +
A Dubai chimney cake is a chimney cake topped with pistachio cream, crispy kataifi (shredded phyllo dough), dark chocolate, and vanilla ice cream — inspired by the viral Dubai chocolate bar. At Chimney Cake in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, it's the signature item: $16.80, and the most-ordered cone on the menu.
Is chimney cake the same as trdelník or kürtőskalács? +
Yes. Trdelník is the Czech and Slovak name; kürtőskalács is the Hungarian and Romanian name. All three describe the same hand-rolled spiral pastry tradition that originated in 17th-century Transylvania. The technique, dough, and signature crackling sugar shell are the same.
How is a chimney cake made? +
A strip of yeasted dough is wrapped by hand around a tapered wooden spit, brushed with butter, rolled in sugar, and slow-baked in the oven while the spit rotates. The sugar caramelizes into a crackling shell. Once the cake is slid off the spit, it leaves a hollow cylinder that's filled with cream, fruit, ice cream, or sauces.
Where can I get chimney cake in New York? +
Chimney Cake bakes fresh chimney cakes daily at 269 Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn, NY 11235 — in the Brighton Beach neighborhood. Every cake is rolled, baked, and filled to order. Walk-ins only; no reservations needed.
Do I need a reservation? +
No. Chimney Cake is a walk-up bakery. Every cake is made fresh when you order — about five minutes from order to your hand. Walk in, point to a flavor, and we bake it on the spot.
Visit us
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
269 Brighton Beach Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11235
A walk-up bakery on Brighton Beach Avenue. Every chimney cake is rolled and baked when you order — about five minutes from order to your hand, still warm. No reservations. Just walk in.