Hungarian Sour Cherry Cake Recipe - Meggyes Lepeny

Name: Hungarian Sour Cherry Cake Recipe - Meggyes Lepeny
Ingredients: 1 pound fresh washed, stemmed and pitted sour cherries (left whole); 6 ounces unsalted butter at room temperature; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 3 large eggs, separated; 1 cup all-purpose flour; Pinch salt; 1/4 cup bread crumbs; Vanilla sugar

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"This Hungarian sour cherry cake recipe or meggyes lepény is a simple dessert made with the sour cherries Eastern Europeans love. Dark Morellos or fire-engine-red Montmorency varieties can be used. This cake is sometimes eaten for breakfast and is similar to Czech cherry bublanina. Lepeny refers to its rectangular or square, sheet-like shape, but these days, this cake can be baked in a round pan or even a Bundt pan. As with bublaninas, lepeny can be made with any seasonal fruit, curd cheese, nuts, poppyseeds, jams, and candied fruits. Makes about 6 servings of Hungarian Sour Cherry Cake - Meggyes Lepény..."

INGREDIENTS

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1 pound fresh washed, stemmed and pitted sour cherries (left whole)

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6 ounces unsalted butter at room temperature

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3/4 cup granulated sugar

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3 large eggs, separated

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1 cup all-purpose flour

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Pinch salt

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1/4 cup bread crumbs

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Vanilla sugar

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