Bread bowls
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Bread bowls

As it turns out, serving soup in bread is popular not only in Poland, I have encountered the same way of serving soups in Hungary as well. So far I have been able to taste the bean soup and meat soup served in this way. At home, I serve sour rye soup, lentil soup and…

Japanese cheesecake baked in water bath
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Japanese cheesecake

Japanese cheesecake is a combination of cheesecake batter with sponge cake batter. The consistency of this cheesecake is extremely light, delicate and fluffy. Baking a Japanese cheesecake is slightly different from baking traditional cheesecakes, because this particular cheesecake is baked in a water bath. That method keeps the cake moist, it does not crack during…

Oven baked sausages
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Baked white sausage

White sausage baked with onion, apple and beer is a dish that works well when served for dinner. After baking, the sausage is juicy inside with a delicate aftertaste of apples, beer and thyme. The sausage skin is slightly browned and crispy. I use raw sausage. I do not scald it or precook it before…

Polish Mazurek cake
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Mazurek cake

Mazurek is a sweet pastry usually baked for Easter. Mazurek is based on shortcrust or sponge pastry, which is covered with filling once baked. Popular fillings to use for decorating the mazurek include dulce de leche, jam, milk cream, marmalade and nut cream. If you are baking mazurek, you surely know that the decoration is…

Cooked kouglof
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Cooked kouglof

Cooked kouglof is a cake that does not need an oven to prepare it. It is a great option as a no-bake sweet treat. Contrary to the traditional, oven-baked version, this cake is cooked in a pot filled with water. Of course, to make this cake you need a special metal tin with a lid….

Drunken prune with cream
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Drunken prune

The Drunken Prune Cake is a moist and very chocolaty cake, its base is chocolate cake, chocolate cream with Nutella and prunes soaked in rum. Drunken prune is not a cake for children, as both the prunes and the tops of the chocolate cake are intensely soaked in dark rum. It is a perfect cake…

Currant cake wit cream
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Blackcurrant cake

This Blackcurrant cake is an aromatic and moist cake, that is a combination of cocoa sponge cake with cake cream and blackcurrant jam. Although the cake may seem time-consuming at first glance, it really is not. The cocoa sponge cake can be made very quickly, especially if using a kitchen mixer. The cake cream is…