Mazurek (Polish Easter Cake)

Name: Mazurek (Polish Easter Cake)
Total time: 131
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 1.5 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature; 0.75 cup white sugar; 1 egg; 3 hard-boiled egg yolks, mashed; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup ground almonds; 2 teaspoons lemon zest, or to taste; 1 beaten egg; 0.25 cup water; 3 tablespoons unflavored gelatin; 0.5 cup cherry preserves; 0.5 cup apricot preserves; 0.25 cup candied cherries, halved, or more as needed; 0.25 cup sliced almonds

Recipe by mar_janna from allrecipes.com

Dessert 2 Hr. 11 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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1.5 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
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2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
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0.75 cup white sugar
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1 egg
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3 hard-boiled egg yolks, mashed
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1 cup ground almonds
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2 teaspoons lemon zest, or to taste

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1 beaten egg
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0.25 cup water
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3 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
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0.5 cup cherry preserves
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0.5 cup apricot preserves
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0.25 cup candied cherries, halved, or more as needed
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0.25 cup sliced almonds

Instructions

Combine 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons butter, sugar, and egg in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in mashed egg yolks. Add flour, ground almonds, and lemon zest. Knead into a dough. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
Roll out 2/3 of the dough on a lightly floured surface into a rectangle the size of the baking sheet. Lay onto the prepared baking sheet. Roll remaining dough into finger-thick rolls. Press dough rolls onto the cake in a diamond-shaped pattern. Brush rolls with beaten egg.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
Pour 1/4 cup water into a saucepan. Sprinkle gelatin powder on top. Let stand until softened, about 1 minute. Place over low heat; stir constantly until granules are completely dissolved, about 3 minutes.
Heat cherry and apricot preserves in 2 small pots over low heat until hot. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Mix half of the dissolved gelatin into each flavor. Alternate filling the diamond shapes of the cake with the 2 different flavors. Arrange sliced almonds and candied cherries into flower shapes on top.