European Recipes:Polish Recipes:Medianyk(Honey Cake)

* Exported from MasterCook *

                           MEDIANYK (HONEY CAKE)

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Serving Size : 10   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes                            Ethnic
                 Holiday

   Amount Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
    4       oz           Butter
    4       lg           Eggs
   14       oz           Honey
   14       oz           Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
                         - -- 3 Cups
      1/2   ts           Ground Ginger
      1/2   ts           Ground Nutmeg
      1/2   ts           Ground Cloves
    1       t            Cinnamon
    2       ts           Baking Powder

   Cream the butter and separate the eggs. Add the room
   temperature yolks, one at a time, to the butter and
   beat well. Mix in the honey. Sift the flour, baking
   powder, and spices twice and add to the butter
   mixture. Whip the egg whites until stiff. Fold a
   little of the egg whites into the batter, then add the
   rest of them, folding them gently into the batter.
   Pour the batter into a guttered and floured loaf pan.
   Bake in a preheated 350 Degrees F. oven until firm on
   top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out
   clean, about 1 hour. Cool, in the pan, for 10
   minutes, then remove and finish cooling on a wire rack.