Medivnyk
or medovyk
( uk, медівник) іs a Ukrainian honey cake.
According to food writer
Marianna Dushar
Marianna Dushar (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Маріанна Душар) is a Ukrainian anthropologist and food writer, who specialises in the culinary heritage of the Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galician region in eastern Europe.
Biography
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, medivnyk is a fundamental dessert of
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...
regional cuisine.
Polish-Ukrainian food writer Viktoria Popin classifies medivnyk as a ''keks'' (a type of
fruitcake
Fruitcake (or fruit cake or fruit bread) is a cake made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits. In the United Kingdom, certain rich versions may be iced and decorated.
Fruitcakes are typically served ...
).
Medivnyk typically includes spices, nuts and raisins.
Buckwheat honey
Honey is a sweet and Viscosity, viscous substance made by several 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 plant ...
is preferred to give the cake its distinctive taste.
Apart from the spongy cake, ''medivnyk'' in Ukrainian can also mean
''prianyk'', a hard honey cookie.
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See also
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Miodownik
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Medovik
Medovik (russian: медови́к (medovik), ukr, медівник (medivnyk), from мёд/мед — 'honey') is a layer cake popular in countries of the former Soviet Union. The identifying ingredients are honey and smetana (sour cream) or ...
References
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Ukrainian cakes
Honey cakes