Mazurek (Polish Easter Cake) Recipe
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]
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 pic egg
- 3 pic hard-boiled egg yolks, mashed
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup ground almonds
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest, or to taste
- 1 pic beaten egg
Decoration:
- 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
Instructions
- 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.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 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.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
- 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.
- 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.
Notes
Nutrition Information:
- protein 6.3g
- carbohydrates 30.2g
- fat 15g
- cholesterol 73.3mg
- sodium 16.7mg
