Mazurek Cake
An easy vegetarian built around dark chocolate, chopped, heavy cream and mixed dried fruit and nuts — roughly 65 minutes start to finish, and rated medium to make. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and baking sheet. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
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How to make it
- In a bowl, rub the cold cubed butter into the flour, sugar and pinch of salt with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add the egg yolks and milk or cream, then quickly bring the dough together into a smooth ball without overworking it, wrap it and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a baking sheet or shallow tart tin with parchment paper.
- Roll or press the chilled dough out to an even rectangle about 1 cm thick, building up a slightly raised border around the edges, then prick the base all over with a fork.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until firm and pale golden, then remove and let it cool completely on a rack.
- Make the glaze by gently melting the chopped chocolate with the butter and heavy cream over low heat, stirring until smooth and glossy.
- Pour the chocolate over the cooled base and spread it evenly, then scatter the dried fruit and nuts on top and let the topping set before cutting into squares.
You'll use: Oven · Baking sheet
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
- Heavy Cream
- evaporated milk · ½ cup milk + ¼ cup melted butter · full-fat coconut milk
Tips & common questions
How long does Mazurek Cake take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Mazurek Cake vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Mazurek Cake is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Mazurek wielkanocny.jpg by Anwar2, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.