Placek Swiateczny - Polish Dessert Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
• 2 cups sugar, icing
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup walnuts or 3/4 cup pecans
• 2/3 cup raisins
• 4 ounces orange peel
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon lemon peel, grated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons vodka or 3 tablespoons brandy

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 beat eggs with sugar using an electric mixer for 5 minutes at high speed.
• 3 mix chopped nuts, raisins and orange peel with 2 tablespoons of flour.
• 4 mix remaining flour with baking powder and salt.
• 5 cream together the butter, lemon peel and vanilla extract until fluffy.
• 6 beat in vodka, then add egg mixture gradually, beating constantly.
• 7 add the flour mixture and beat for 5 minutes.
• 8 fold fruit-nut mixture into the batter.
• 9 turn into a greased and floured 9x5x3-inch pan or a 1 1/2 quart ring mold.
• 10 bake at 350 degrees f. for 1 hour.
• 11 cool cake in pan on wire rack for ten minutes, then turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
• 12 wrap in plastic wrap and set aside to mellow for a couple of days.