Mazurek

mazurka, мазурка

Mazurek is a variety of very sweet, flat cake baked in poland for easter. according to polish gastronomy coursebooks, typical mazurek is a cake that can be made of one or two sheets of short (or half-short) pastry or one sheet of short (or half-short) pastry covered with a sheet of butter sponge cake. the two sheets are fixed together with a help of a layer of marmalade. in case of one-sheet version, marmalade is skipped or goes on top, under the layer of icing. the top of mazurek is covered with a layer of icing (i.e. sugar icing or fudge caramel cream) or jelly. it is also decorated with nut-based icing or almond-based icing and candied fruits. traditionally, home-baked mazurek cakes ar...

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