Recipe for "wigilia-10"

NAME

     WIGILIA-10 - Christmas Bread
     This recipe could be used as part of a 12 course meal  known
     in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own.  Wigilia is eaten after
     sundown on Christmas Eve.

INGREDIENTS (Makes 1 loaf)

     5         eggs
     250 g     all-purpose flour
     250 g     icing sugar
     10 ml     baking powder
     100 g     walnuts or pecans, chopped fine
     100 g     raisins
     120 g     orange peel, chopped fine
     2.5 ml    salt
     250 g     butter
     15 ml     grated lemon peel
     5 ml      vanilla
     50 ml     vodka or brandy

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Preheat oven to 175 deg. C.  Beat eggs with  sugar
               using  an  electric  mixer  for  5 minutes at high
               speed.
          (2)  Mix chopped nuts, raisins, and orange peel with  2
               tablespoons  of  flour.   Mix remaining flour with
               baking powder and salt.
          (3)  Cream together the butter, lemon peel, and vanilla
               extract until fluffy.  Beat in vodka, then add egg
               mixture gradually, beating  constantly.   Add  the
               flour  mixture  and  beat  for  5  minutes.   Fold
               fruit-nut mixture into the batter.   Turn  into  a
               greased  and  floured  22 x12cm pan or a 1.5 liter
               ring mold.
          (4)  Bake at 175 deg. C for 1 hour.
          (5)  Cool cake in pan on wire  rack  for  ten  minutes,
               then turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
          (6)  Wrap in plastic wrap and set aside to mellow for a
               couple of days.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 1/2 hour preparation,  1 1/2  hours
     cooking  and  cooling, 2 days aging.  Precision: Approximate
     measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Original recipe passed down through the generations and
     translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by
     Edward Chrzanowski
     MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
     echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu  or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski