in Eastern Europe, Poland

Piernik – Polish spice cake

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 350 g flour
  • 80 g hazelnuts, chopped, or walnuts
  • 200 g honey
  • 50 g margarine
  • 50 ml milk
  • 1 m.-sized egg(s)
  • 70 g raisins
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp orange peel, grated
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg, freshly grated
  • ½ tsp clove powder

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

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Combine the honey with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a saucepan and heat gently for a few minutes. Combine the flour, baking powder, and vanilla sugar in a bowl. Then stir in the egg, milk, margarine, grated orange zest, raisins, and hazelnuts or walnuts. Finally, add the spiced honey and mix everything into a batter. Pour the batter into a loaf pan and bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 1 hour. The cake tastes even better served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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