In Polish cuisine, miodownik (from Polish ''miód'' — 'honey'; German: ''Honigkuchen'') or stefanka is a type of layer cake flavoured with

honey Honey is a sweet and 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 plants (primar ...

, similar to cakes in other Slavic cuisines such as the Russian ''

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 ...

'' 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

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(Southeastern Poland) and Central Poland. The cake is prepared similarly to sponge cake, 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 a temperature of 200°C for around 40 minutes. This recipe found its way into the

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of Polish Jews under the name chonek łejkech or chonek (from German ''honig'' — 'honey'), together with '' cuker łejkech'' (equivalent to ''biszkopt''; a Polish variant of sponge cake) serving as a popular wedding cake.

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