INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

Today's recipe is the second sweet bread you will want to serve at
your Polish Easter Feast; only it's not called "bread," it's called
"Sernik Babci," otherwise known as "Polish Cheese Cake."  To prepare
the dough, sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda  in a large
mixing bowl, then cut in the butter with a fork.  In a separate mixing
bowl, beat together the egg and sour cream. Stir  the mixture into the
flour. Add the confectioner's sugar and blend  again. Place the dough
on a lightly floured surface and knead until  well mixed and smooth.
On a floured surface, roll out the dough into the shape of a
rectangle. Line a 9-inch by 13-inch pan with the dough, bringing the
dough part-way up both sides of the pan.  To prepare the filling,
separate 1 egg and reserve the single egg  white; beat the remaining
yolk and five whole eggs with an electric  mixer in a small mixing
bowl, gradually adding the confectioners'  sugar as you go. Beat for
about 5 minutes at high speed. Add the  vanilla and continue to beat at
a high speed until the mixture is  soft.  In a separate mixing bowl,
press the cheese through a sieve and blend  with the melted butter. Add
the potatoes, baking powder, nutmeg, and  salt. Stir in the orange or
lemon peel.  Thoroughly blend all the ingredients and fold them into
the egg  mixture, then turn the filling into the center core of the
prepared  sweet bread crust in the baking pan.  Wrap the excess dough
over the top of the filling and pinch to close  the gap as you go.
Brush the top with the remaining egg white, and  bake in a pre-heated
350-F degree oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until  set. Let cool before
cutting. Refrigerate to store, but serve at room  temperature. Kitchen
Staff Tip: In a few days Recipe-a-Day will  publish a Polish Easter
Cheese Recipe that you can use in the filling  for today's recipe.
Simply omit the cheese and mashed potatoes from  today's recipe, and
you can use your own homemade cheese.  Posted to
dailyrecipe@recipe-a-day.com by Recipe-a-Day
<recipe-a-day@bignetwork.com> on Mar 18, 1999, converted by MM_Buster
v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 332
Calories From Fat: 233
Total Fat: 26.4g
Cholesterol: 221mg
Sodium: 527mg
Potassium: 95.8mg
Carbohydrates: 15.9g
Fiber: <1g
Sugar: <1g
Protein: 7.8g