Chrupanka krakowska

Name: Chrupanka krakowska
Pronunciation: ˈxrupãnka kraˈkɔfska
Translation: Cracow cruncher
Producer: Wawel Kraków
Weight: approx. 15 g/0.5 oz per candy
Price: 25 PLN/$ 7.50/€ 5.90/£ 4.70 per 1 kg/35 oz
Energy: approx. 85 kcal

Ingredients: sugar, cocoa compound coating 16.5% (sugar, hydrogenated vegetable fat, fat reduced cocoa powder 20%, emulsifiers: soya lecithin and polyglycerol polyricinoleate E476, flavour), vegetable fat, skimmed milk powder, peanuts 12%, wafers 9.5% (wheat flour, sugar, vegetable fat, salt, flavour), whey powder, lactose, candied orange peel 1.5% (orange peel, sugar, glucose-fructose syrup, acidity regulator: citric acid, preservative substance: potassium sorbate, flavour), fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier: soya lecithin, flavours.

Although Chrupanka krakowska is a relatively new product from Wawel Kraków, it managed to catch on and is now very popular. It’s a chocolate-covered praline with vanilla-flavoured milk mass inside. Thanks to peanuts, wafers and orange peel, the praline is very crunchy (as its name suggests).

Makowiec

Name: Makowiec
Pronunciation: maˈkɔvʲjɛʦ̑
Translation: poppyseed cake
Energy: approx. 190 kcal per serving

Ingredients: Poppyseed filling: poppyseed 40%, honey, eggs, butter, walnuts, raisins, candied orange rind (orange rind, sugar), almonds, dates, sunflower oil, sugar.
Bottom sponge cake: eggs, sugar, wheat flour, potato starch.
Chocolate frosting: sugar, fat-reduced cocoa powder, butter, cream.

Makowiec is probably, along with sernik (cheesecake), the most popular Polish cakes. Traditionally, it’s prepared for Christmas, but since every occasion is perfect to eat some makowiec, people tend to bake it for Easter as well. The poppy filling usually contains, apart from poppyseeds, honey and dried fruit with various nuts. It can be baked with or without a bottom layer (sponge pastry, shortcrust pastry and the like), or as a yeast cake roll.

Babka drożdżowa

Name: Babka drożdżowa
Pronunciation: ˈbapka drɔˈʒʤ̑ɔva
Translation: —
Energy: approx. 200 kcal per serving

Ingredients: Pastry: wheat flour, milk, sugar, butter, raisins, egg, egg yolk, orange rind, yeast.
Icing: sugar, lemon juice, fat-reduced cocoa powder.

Babka drożdżowa is simple yeast cake with dried fruit in a form of a mound. It’s usually garnished with icing and is indispensable on an Easter table.

Pascha

Name: Pascha
Pronunciation: ˈpasxa
Translation: Passover
Energy: approx. 190 kcal per serving

Ingredients: curd cheese, eggs, butter, sugar, raisins, apricots, dates, orange rind, vanilla.

Pascha is a typically Easter cold dessert that originated in the East (Polish Borderlands, Ukraine or Russia). It consists of curd cheese mixed with eggs, butter and dried fruit. It symbolises Christ (its grave-like shape), spring (milk and eggs) and wealth (dried fruit).