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| Alternative names | W-Z cake |
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| Type | Sponge cake,cream pie |
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | Poland |
| Region or state | Warsaw |
| Associatedcuisine | Warsaw (Masovian) cuisine |
| Main ingredients | Cocoa,wheat flour, eggs, sugar, marmalade or jam, whipped cream,gelatin,punch, chocolate pomade |
Wuzetka (pronouncedvoo-zetka[vuzɛtka]) is a chocolatesponge andcream pie which originated inWarsaw, Poland. Its name is probably derived from theWarsaw W-Z Route, on which theconfectionery that first began to sell the dessert in the late 1940s was located. Traditional toVarsovian cuisine, the dessert was exclusively served by cafés and restaurants in Warsaw, but soon became a beloved home-made food in Poland.
The dessert most likely originated at the turn of the 1940s and 1950s in one of Warsaw's newly foundedsweet shops. However, the precise origin of the name is debatable; historians and certain sources agree that the cake was probably named after theWarsaw W-Z Route (East-West Route), which ran next to the shop.[1] Other sources state that the name comes from theacronym "WZC", which either stood for the Warsaw Confectionery Plants (Warszawskie Zakłady Cukiernicze) or for the Polish term "pastry with chocolate" (wypiek z czekoladą).[2] The abbreviation "WZK" for "pastry with cream" (wypiek z kremem) is also a possibility.[3]
The confectionery store was most likely situated somewhere near or in the "Kino Muranów" cinema building on 5 Andersa Street, in theMuranów district of Warsaw.[4]
The two square chocolate layers of the cake are made ofwheat flour, eggs, sugar and cocoa. The mixture is baked in the oven at 180 °C (356 °F) for 20–30 minutes.[5] The baked layers are then dipped and soaked inpunch. The top side of the bottom layer is thinly covered in marmalade,powidl or jam. A thick chocolate pomade coating is applied over the top of the cake. The cream filling is made of a 36% whipping cream, powdered sugar andgelatin.[6] The pie is traditionally topped with a whipped cream twirl.
