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Mazurek (cake)
Mazurek is a variety of sweet short pastry (a cake) baked in Poland, both at Easter and also at Christmas and holiday season. It is traditionally made of short pastry with edges made of "half-short" pastry. A generous layer of icing (sugar icing,〔 chocolate or ''kajmak'' - a variety of ''dulce de leche'' - sometimes replaced with melted ''krówki'') is evenly spread over it and then decorated with dried fruit, walnuts, almonds, roasted seeds, etc.
==Mazurek tradition==
The mazurek's name might have originated from the word Mazur (or Masurian) tribe inhabiting the Mazovia region of central Poland, or perhaps from the word mazurek (Polish for mazurka), traditional folk dance in triple metre from Poland.〔 A shortcrust pastry, Mazurek is considered one of the primary desserts of Easter across Poland. What distinguishes it from other festive dessert cakes is the abundance of decoration with dried fruit and nuts, its overall sweetness, and chocolate icing, contributing to its prolonged freshness.
Although considered uniquely Polish, almost a seasonal national dessert,〔 the recipe for Mazurek came to Poland most likely via the spice trade-route from Turkey in early 17th century. Its symbolism is closely associated with the period of ''Wielki Post'' (Polish for Lent) thus marking its successful completion. In fact, after a 40-day fast (not a total abstinence from food by any means), which is celebrated in Christian liturgy in memory of the Temptation of Christ, mazurek was supposed to be the rich reward for adherence to faith and tradition. Although today, the religious meaning of mazurek is virtually lost in Poland, the cake is closely associated with the seasonal celebrations nevertheless.
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