The Story of MARLENKA
THE STORY BEGINS IN 1704
Armenian Georgius Deodatus Damascenus founded the first Czech coffee lounge in Prague, named The Golden Snake.
Nearly three hundred years later, in 1995, the Armenian Gevorg Avetisyan came to the Czech Republic to settle there with his family. He begged God to show him the right way to support his family and promised that if He helped him, he would have the Saint Jost Church cross restored. Not long after that, he recalled a miracle - A Honey Miracle, which was as a traditional Armenian family recipe of his favourite layered honey cake. Initially, the cakes were baked just for his friends, but later he has been able to offer them to the local coffee shops and confectioners where the honey delicacy quickly gained the great popularity. The fragrant, sweet and soft cake was named after his mother and daughter - Marlenka.
2003
Gevorg Avetisyan along with his sister founded MIKO International, which along with the MARLENKA® honey cakes also produces many others desserts using their authenthic and traditional Armenian family recipes.
MARLENKA International currently employ around 200 people, working around the clock 24/7 in non-stop production. On montly basis, we bake over 100,000 MARLENKA® cakes, 50,000 MARLENKA® nuggets, 35,000 small cakes, 15,000 Napoleonky and 2,000 pieces of Pachlava. This massive success enable us to export our products to more than 35 countries around the world.
ONLY THE BEST..
carefully selected natural ingredients are used for the production of this honey delicacy.
With honey acting as a natural preservative and by using a unique vacuum and O2 absorbent packaging technology, our cakes have a long shelf-life of up to 90 days in an ambient environment, even though they are completely FREE from any artificial preservatives, colours or GM ingredients. Thanks to their superior quality, all MARLENKA products comply with the strictest requirements for health and safety and also hygienic standards.