Mazurek (Polish Easter Cake) recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
¾ cup white sugar
1 egg
3 hard-boiled egg yolks, mashed
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup ground almonds
2 teaspoons lemon zest, or to taste
1 beaten egg
¼ cup water
3 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
½ cup cherry preserves
½ cup apricot preserves
¼ cup candied cherries, halved, or more as needed
¼ cup sliced almonds

Nutrition Info

275.2 calories
carbohydrate: 30.2 g
cholesterol: 73.3 mg
fat: 15 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 6.3 g
saturatedFat: 8.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 16.7 mg
sugar: 10.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons butter, sugar, and egg in a bowl, beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in mashed egg yolks. Add flour, ground almonds, and lemon zest. Knead into a dough. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

  2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

  3. Roll out 2/3 of the dough on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle the size of the baking sheet. Lay onto the prepared baking sheet. Roll remaining dough into finger-thick rolls. Press dough rolls onto the cake in a diamond-shaped pattern. Brush rolls with beaten egg.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

  5. Pour 1/4 cup water into a saucepan. Sprinkle gelatin powder on top. Let stand until softened, about 1 minute. Place over low heat, stir constantly until granules are completely dissolved, about 3 minutes.

  6. Heat cherry and apricot preserves in 2 small pots over low heat until hot. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Mix half of the dissolved gelatin into each flavor. Alternate filling the diamond shapes of the cake with the 2 different flavors. Arrange sliced almonds and candied cherries into flower shapes on top.

Recipe Yield

24 servings

Recipe Note

This sweet sheet cake is a must in Poland on Easter. It looks beautiful with the flower decoration made out of 2 different colored jams and flaked almonds. [Recipe originally submitted to Allrecipes.pl]

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