About 3-4 cm high, rectangular, oval or round. Mazurek is a Polish traditional Easter cake, very sweet and with lots of delicacies: raisins, almonds, walnuts, dried cranberry or apricot. We know you all think that the Easter cake is a very difficult cake but let us guide you through this process and you will impress everybody with a delicious cake in no time. The Easter is here and there wouldn’t be this family celebration without some traditional Polish Mazurek (Easter cake). This Royal Mazurek Polish Easter Cake is traditionally served around Easter time. Chocolate, caramel, dried fruit and nuts are often a choice.

Ciocia Halinka makes the absolute best mazurek cake in the world. The shortcrust dough is made using boiled egg yolks to create a very fragile, melt-in-your-mouth crust, and filled with a combination of fruit jams, dried fruits, and nuts. The recipe is considered to have arrived to Poland from Turkey and begun circulating in the 17th century. The recipe is considered to have arrived to Poland from Turkey and begun circulating in the 17th century. I have been asked to write about Polish Easter recipes in the run up to Easter. There are many versions of mazurek, I made probably the sweetest one. Mazurek (Polish Easter Cake) Recipe by mar_janna. Mazurek [mah-zoo-rehk] is a traditional Easter dessert made of shortbread crust, and a decorative topping of choice.

First in the parade of freshly baked Polish Easter cakes is the mazurek ('ma-ZOO-rek'). There are many Polish Easter foods: żurek, hams, eggs, salads, but for me a Polish Easter is all about the cakes.There are so many different types of Baba cake and endless varieties of Mazurek.

My Auntie’s Polish Mazurek Recipe. It looks beautiful with the flower decoration made out of 2 different colored jams and flaked almonds. ); and its sweetness – although it is not a rule, a mazurek is … Mazurek is a classic Polish Easter dessert. I wanted to make something fruity and fresh, so I’ve come up with this recipe for a fig-lemon mazurek. Mazurek is a Polish type of short pastry and the cake called mazurek cake is made for Easter and sometimes Christmas. However, mazurki cakes are typical for the Polish Easter. As for the filling - it is always quite sweet and there is a great variety of classic fillings. They usually consist of 2 layers: shortcrust base and a sweet upper layer made of nuts and fruits. The characteristic features of this Polish cake, which will allow you to recognize it forthwith, is the cake's low height – only 1-2 centimeters; its decoration – quite excessive and kitschy (it is intended that way! Usually made with pastry crust or on wafers (the kind used for ice creams, only flat). Easy to make, sweet, and soft, it’s great to eat all year round. It’s best to let the cake rest of a… It usually consists of mazurek pastry covered with a layer of icing, in this case white chocolate icing, and decorated with nuts or dried fruits. Mazurek Kajmakowy, which is simply shortcake base with a layer of fudge-like, caramel layer on top. [Recipe originally submitted to Allrecipes.pl] This sweet sheet cake is a must in Poland on Easter.