Moravian Sugar Cake

This deliciously moist yeast-dough cake is baked in a sheet pan and cut into large squares or rectangles. Characteristically, the dimpled dough is topped with a generous blanket of spiced brown sugar and drizzled with melted butter.

The potato in the dough is the secret of the cake’s moist texture—leftovers don’t dry out the next day. This quickly put-together version is adapted from an old recipe unearthed by Karyl Bannister (see for information about Karyl’s newsl