Traditional gastronomy, along with history, culture, religion and ethnicity, continues to play an important role in defi ning national and individual identity. Th e intense pace of modern life in recent decades is changing the conception of food very rapidly, and gastronomic traditions are collapsing dramatically under the action of the new preferences of the population to feed themselves. Th e tendency to standardize the taste in terms of food, leads to the disappearance of diversity and culinary identity. Th us, more and more traditional dishes, full of taste, value and history, tend to be forgotten. In the trend of revitalization of poppy cakes, the results of the study are presented within the State Program 20.8009.0807.17 REVICULT; the recipe being found in the Republic of Moldova (north and center), as well as in Moldova and Transylvania, Romania. Poppy cakes (Turte cu mac) are considered fasting dishes. Th ose prepared on Christmas Eve are called Th e Diapers/Wormwoods of the Lord, Julfe, Christmas Cakes referring to the diapers in which the Jesus Christ was wrapped at birth, recording the end of the fasting and being off ered as alms. Th ey are attested, according to several sources, in existence for hundreds of years, the recipes being transmitted from generation to generation and adapted to the possibilities of the time. Th us, we fi nd in some localities cakes prepared and covered only with poppy, aft er their burial (Tarasova village, Mateuţi village, Rezina district), in other localities buried with julfă (mixture of water sweetened with honey, with shredded hemp seeds in the square and passed through the sieve) (Drochia district), covered with shredded walnuts and with poppy or only with poppy (v. Salcia, v. Climatuţii de Jos, v. Socola, v. Vadul-Rascov, Floreși/Kamenka/Soldanesti district, Ungheni district, Donduseni district). Th e utensils used in the preparation of various sweet dishes, such as macohon, marcoteţ, budăiul, etc. are of interest for the study.