Slovak Homemade Cakes

People lined up at the town Square of Bardejov to have their Eastwr baskets blessed. Most churches in Slovakia started blessing the baskets on Saturday evening so people don't have to rush on Sunday morning. We have a special Eastwr breakfast on Sunday so this is a great way to have everything ready for the morning.

Požehnanie veľkonočných jedál v Bardejove je krásna tradícia. 🐣🧀🧈🥚 Prajem všetkým veselú Veľkú noc! Video: @ilovebardejov #bardejov #ThisIsSlovakia #easter #velkanoc #slovensko #fyp #kostol #tradicie

Pashka or Mazanec is next on my list. This is such an easy recipe, anybody can make it. I love the wreath shape but last year we just braided it and left it straight and it was really good too. I'll share a picture in the comments

Pashka bread came out awesome once again. I love this recipe. So simple to make and so pretty on the table. I love the wreath shape way better than the circle loaf, it always cracks on the top. With the wreath it doesn't matter if it cracks. I made small changes in the prep process. Instead of proofing my yeast separately in a glass with milk, I now throw dry yeast straight in the bowl with all the ingredients and save myself 15 minutes. Put flour, sugar, salt, egg, packet o dry yeast and raisins (optional in a mixing bowl. Melt butter, pour milk and water in the same pot to bring down the temperature of melted butter. test with your finger how warm it is. Heat up tiny bit more if needed. you need little more than lukewarm liquid for yeast to activate, but if it is too hot to touch, stick it in the fridge to cool down. Too hot liquid can kill the yeast. Pour this in the same bowl and mix with a hook attachment until combined. once mixed, cover the bowl tightly with a cling or saran wrap. cover in warm blanket and let rise for 1.5 hours. Knead few times, split in three parts and braid together. Pinch the ends together. Let rest for 20 minutes. Then brush with an egg wash, sprinkle slivered almonds and bake at 330 F for 30 minutes. That's all!
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I made these beauties a few years ago. My favorite way to decorate Easter eggs. All decorated eggs are called Kraslice, no matter what technique you choose.

My kid's favorite Easter egg decorating technique 🐣 🐰 So much fun! We use wooden eggs and keep expanding our collection every year.

Not feeling crafty enough to try our complicated Easter egg decorating techniques? Don't worry, I have something just for you. Level of difficulty is zero, even my 3 year old mastered it 😀 I bought this Eggmazing knock off spinner and 24 white wooden eggs on Amazon couple weeks ago and kids are having lots of fun with it!

Who can guess what I had for dinner tonight? I often had this at my grandparents' house, grandpa loved to eat it with buttermilk. My mom would do plain milk. The secret is to put a little bit of the meal on your spoon, then dip it in the buttermilk or milk and then eat it. So let's see who can guess what was for dinner tonight :)

Edit to add the answer:
Some of you guessed it, tonight I had a cornmeal or polenta. In my parts of Slovakia, we simply call it Gris, or kukuricna kasa (corn kasha). All I could find in the store was polenta in the Italian section. Our cornmeal is bit more coarse and takes longer to cook. I remember having a little more crunch to it rather than polenta's smoothness. But tastewise it was almost the same. Lots of salt and some browned butter made it taste almost like grandma's :)