Beggar's Cake

Dziad

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Treasured Polish Recipes for Americans

By Polanie Club

Published 1948

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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. butter
  • 40 eggs
  • 2 lbs. sugar

Method

Beat butter to a pulp. Add one yolk at a time, alternating with a tablespoon of sugar until the mixture has been beaten for one hour. Beat the egg whites stiff and add by tablespoon, alternating with a tablespoon of flour. Add the grated lemon rind and finally the cream.

This cake is baked barbecue style. Get an oakwood rod the size of a rolling pin, about