Grandma Felicia's Polish Cake
Author: Sue Kapilik
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Eastern Europe
- Filling
- 1½ cups milk
- ⅓ cup cream of wheat
- 6 tbsp Icing sugar
- ½ cup soft butter or margarine
- 1 medium egg
- 1 tsp rum extract
- Raspberry jam
- Cake
- ¼ cup soft butter or margarine
- 3 heaping tablespoons of soft honey
- 1 medium sized egg
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tsp. Baking soda
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- Sift 2½ cups flour
- Method
- Boil milk then add cream of wheat stir 3 – 4 minutes being sure not to burn it.
- Cover and set aside to cool.
- Line 2 round pans 8 or 9” cake pans with parchment paper cut into rounds to cover the bottom.
- Mix cake ingredients together until dough is smooth but sticky.
- Flour a surface and rolling pin and roll cake out a bit maintaining round shape.
- Bake in 350ºF oven for 15 minutes or until light brown.
- Beat cream of wheat, sugar and butter until creamy.
- Add egg and rum extract and beat until stiff.
- Cut each cake into three layers.
- Take first layer of cake and top with ⅙th of the cream of wheat mixture.
- Add a thin layer (2 tbsp) of Jam. (I melt the jam in the microwave to make it easier to spread).
- Take the second cake place it on top of the jam mixture.
- Repeat with cream of wheat mixture and jam till all layers are added.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least a couple of hours.
- Taste best if made a day ahead.
Recipe by Food Musings at http://foodmusings.ca/recipes/desserts/grandma-felicias-polish-cake/
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