echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu (Edward Chrzanowski) (12/15/87)
WIGILIA-10(B) USENET Cookbook WIGILIA-10(B)
PLACEK SWIATECZNY
WIGILIA-10 - Christmas Bread
This recipe could be used as part of a 12 course meal known
in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after
sundown on Christmas Eve.
INGREDIENTS (Makes 1 loaf)
5 eggs
2 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
2 cups icing sugar
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped fine
2/3 cup raisins
4 oz orange peel, chopped fine
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter
1 Tbsp grated lemon peel
1 tsp vanilla
3 Tbsp vodka or brandy
PROCEDURE
(1) Preheat oven to 350 deg. F. Beat eggs with sugar
using an electric mixer for 5 minutes at high
speed.
(2) Mix chopped nuts, raisins, and orange peel with 2
tablespoons of flour. Mix remaining flour with
baking powder and salt.
(3) Cream together the butter, lemon peel, and vanilla
extract until fluffy. Beat in vodka, then add egg
mixture gradually, beating constantly. Add the
flour mixture and beat for 5 minutes. Fold
fruit-nut mixture into the batter. Turn into a
greased and floured 9x5x3-inch pan or a 1 1/2
quart ring mold.
(4) Bake at 350 deg. F for 1 hour.
(5) Cool cake in pan on wire rack for ten minutes,
then turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
(6) Wrap in plastic wrap and set aside to mellow for a
couple of days.
RATING
Difficulty: easy. Time: 1/2 hour preparation, 1 1/2 hours
cooking and cooling, 2 days aging. Precision: Approximate
measurement OK.
CONTRIBUTOR
Original recipe passed down through the generations and
translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by
Edward Chrzanowski
MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski