Makowiec: Polish Poppy Seed Cake Roll
Anna in the Kitchen recipe - Polish
- Prep time
- 2 hr
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp dry yeasts
- 2.5 cup poppyseed filling (if you're using recommended canned one, use 2 cans)
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1 tbsp dry poppyseed
Instructions
- 1
Heat up butter, milk and sugar in a pot. Let it cool down a bit.
- 2
Mix the yeasts with egg yolks. Add the warm milk and flour to it and mix it by hands for about 5 minutes.
- 3
Let the ball grow in a bowl covered with a foil for about 1.5 hour. If it's very cold in your kitchen, you can let it sit in a warmed up oven.
- 4
Put the grown ball on the dough board. There is a lot of butter in this yeast dough and there is no need to sprinkle it with flour. The dough should not stick to the wooden top.
- 5
Roll out the dough into a cake 1-1.5 cm thick. Put the poppy seed mass on the cake - as in the photo below.
- 6
Roll the poppy seed cake and wrap it in a baking paper. Bake it for 40 minutes at 370 F.
- 7
Meanwhile prepare the frosting by beating the egg white for about 30 seconds. Then add powdered sugar and keep beating for about 15 minutes more. Put on top of the poppy seed roll and sprinkly everything with some dry poppy seeds.