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babeczka migdałowa

[Polish]

A small individual cake with almonds.

babeczka z morelami

[Polish]

A small individual cake with apricots.

babka

/BAHB-kah/
[Polish] plural babki

A small cake made with many eggs and butter, similar to a baba but without the yeast. It may contain almonds, raisins and orange peel, and be flavoured with rum or sometimes has cocoa or cinnamon added.

babka drożdżowa

[Polish]

A yeast cake with a hole in the middle.

babka piaskowa

[Polish]

"Sand cake." Made with wheat flour and potato starch this is the Polish version of Madeira cake.

babka podolska

[Polish]

A babka-like cake with plums from Podole, which was the name of an area in south eastern Poland which was absorbed into the Soviet Union after World War II.

babki śmietankowe

[Polish]

A babka filled with custard.

babki z wątróbek

[Polish]

A savoury cake made with minced (US: ground) liver, onions, breadcrumbs and egg yolks.

Baczewski ®

[Polish]

The brand name of a vodka originally made in Lvov. After the Second World War Lvov was incorporated into the Ukraine and many people from Lvov were refugeed to Wroclaw. Baczewski is now made in Wroclaw.

bakalie

[Polish]

A general name for exotic fruits and nuts from a warm climate, not usually available in Poland, e.g. citrus fruits, figs, pineapple and so on.