The Greek cuisine features several families of sweet cakes. One family is baklava which is made of nuts, pasty, and syrup. Different varieties are also known in the Middle east, the balkans (e.g. Turkish delight), and south-east Asia. My favorite Greek cake is the galaktoboureko which is made of phyllo dough, custard, and syrup. I got it the first time when my room mate Ben Lloyd bought it for a party in Sydney. Last week in Crete we bought some Kalifaki (a kind of baklava cake) which was really nice. The galaktoboureko is so sweet that you need very strong coffee to go with it. Kali orexi!