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Šakotis
Traditional Lithuanian cake / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Šakotis ("tree cake"[1]) (Polish: sękacz,[2] Belarusian: банкуха, romanized: bankukha[3][4][5]) is a Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusian traditional spit cake, similar to the German Baumkuchen (and also known in Lithuania as Bankuchenas, corrupted "Baumkuchen"). It is a cake made of butter, egg whites and yolks, flour, sugar, and cream, cooked on a rotating spit in an oven or over an open fire.
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![]() Lithuanian šakotis | |
Alternative names | Sękacz (Poland) Bankukha (Belarus) Raguolis (Lithuania) |
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Type | Cake |
Region or state | Lithuania, Poland, Belarus |
Created by | German Baumkuchen |
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