Burek and Cake

Burek and Cake is a Bosnian bakery in the Northland opened by Fatima Hodzic in November 2022 — a cottage-sized A-frame at 3605 NE Antioch Rd where everything is made from scratch daily. Fatima grew up near Zenica, Bosnia, lost her father in the Bosnian War, and learned to bake alongside her mother. She immigrated to Kansas City ~2019, started selling during lockdown on Facebook, and built a physical bakery from there. 5.0 stars on Google (253+ reviews).

Description

Burek and Cake is a one-woman Bosnian bakery tucked into a small A-frame cottage in KC’s Northland. Owner Fatima Hodzic grew up near Zenica in central Bosnia, where baking was survival — her father was killed during the Bosnian War and she and her mother made food together to get by. She later became an Islamic Theology professor in Bosnia before her husband Senaid found US work and the family relocated to Kansas City around 2019. When COVID hit she started baking from home and posting on Facebook; the response pushed her to open a physical space. Every item is made fresh daily from scratch, using real fruits, real jams, and European-sourced ingredients. The menu spans traditional Bosnian savory phyllo pies (burek), classic sweets (baklava, tulumba, hurmašica), and contemporary cakes — all built on the same philosophy: “I want my customers to learn what burek is. I wanted to bring my tradition.”¹

Tier classification

Tier 2 — KC-dedicated immigrant-owned independent. Fatima Hodzic was born and raised in Bosnia, near Zenica — not KC-born/raised.¹ She relocated to Kansas City ~2019 and has built Burek and Cake here as her livelihood and cultural mission. The founding story (pandemic-era home baking → physical bakery; Bosnian War survival through bread; grandmother-to-granddaughter baking lineage) gives this a strong community identity at the Tier 2 level. Women-owned (specialty tag added).

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-29 · Sources: KCUR (Dec 2024), KC Magazine, City Lifestyle¹² · menu_status: partial · Confidence: Medium (items confirmed; line-item prices not published in any source)

Savory

• Burek — traditional Bosnian phyllo pastry coiled in a spiral; fillings: potato, cheese, spinach, meat¹
• Cheese rolls¹

Traditional Bosnian sweets

• Baklava — phyllo + nut + syrup¹
• Tulumba — fried dough pastry soaked in syrup¹
• Hurmašica — soft coconut/walnut biscuit in syrup¹
• Ruske kape (“Russian hats”)¹

Cakes & pastries (rotating)

• Biscoff cheesecake · Strawberry cheesecake · Caramel cheesecake · Baklava cheesecake²
• Strawberry tiramisu (caffeine-free — Fatima’s personal favorite)¹
• Traditional tiramisu · Cream puffs / profiteroles · Swiss roll · Petit fours²
• Dubai chocolate-style pastry · Custom cakes (birthdays, weddings)²

Drinks

• Bosnian coffee (traditional preparation)¹

Pricing

• Overall: $ (under $10/person per aggregator listings) ·

Links

• Website: https://burekandcake.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burekandcake/

Sources

Footnotes

1. KCUR — “A Bosnian refugee opened a bakery in KC’s Northland with pastries that tell her family’s story” (Dec 26, 2024) — https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2024-12-26/burek-cake-bosnian-bakery-kansas-city-northland — Confirms: Fatima Hodzic owner; Zenica, Bosnia origin; father killed in Bosnian War; baking with mother; Islamic Theology professor background; KC arrival ~2019; pandemic Facebook selling → physical bakery Nov 2022; quotes (“I want my customers to learn what burek is”); menu items (burek fillings, baklava, tulumba, hurmašica, ruske kape, strawberry tiramisu); Bosnian coffee. Also: KCUR Kansas City Today (Jan 10, 2025) — https://www.kcur.org/podcast/kansas-city-today/2025-01-10/a-bosnian-bakery-hidden-in-kansas-citys-northland ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. KC Magazine — “Let Them Eat Burek and Cake” — https://kansascitymag.com/let-them-eat-burek-and-cake/ — Confirms: rotating cake menu (biscoff cheesecake, strawberry/caramel cheesecakes, baklava cheesecake, tiramisu, cream puffs, swiss roll, petit fours, Dubai chocolate pastry, custom cakes). City Lifestyle — https://citylifestyle.com/articles/a-taste-of-home-4 (Jacksonville, FL prior residence; founding timeline corroboration). IN Kansas City — https://www.inkansascity.com/eat-drink/news/northland-bakery-offers-authentic-bosnian-pastries-cakes-and-burek/ ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴