Polish cuisine Polish cuisine ( ) is a style of food preparation originating in and widely popular in Poland. Due to History of Poland, Poland's history, Polish cuisine has evolved over the centuries to be very eclectic, and shares many similarities with other ...

, miodownik (, from 'honey'; ) or stefanka is a type of

layer cake A layer cake (US English) or sandwich cake (UK English) is a cake consisting of multiple stacked sheets of cake, held together by a filling such as frosting, jam, or other preserves. Most cake recipes can be adapted for layer cakes; butte ...

flavoured with

honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of pl ...

, similar to cakes in other Slavic cuisines such as the Russian '' medovik'' and Czech ''medovnik''. It is broadly considered a type of piernik, meaning a sweet and/or spiced confectionery good. The recipe for miodownik originates from Galicia (Southeastern Poland) and Central Poland. The cake is prepared similarly to

sponge cake Sponge cake is a light cake made with egg whites, flour and sugar, sometimes leavened with baking powder. Some sponge cakes do not contain egg yolks, like angel food cake, but most do. Sponge cakes, leavened with beaten eggs, originated during ...

, which is topped with

that is melted and then cooled down along with other

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y ingredients. Once the mass of prepared dough is poured onto a baking sheet, it is baked at for about 40 minutes.

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