Medivnyk
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- Prepared food.name
- Medivnyk
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- Homemade medivnyk
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- Medovyk
- Prepared food.country
- Ukraine
- Prepared food.region
- Galicia
- Prepared food.course
- Dessert
- Prepared food.served
- Ambient
- Prepared food.type
- Cake
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Buckwheat honey, flour, brown sugar, eggs, orange rind
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Medivnyk or medovyk () іs a Ukrainian honey cake.
According to food writer Marianna Dushar, medivnyk is a fundamental dessert of Lviv regional cuisine. Polish-Ukrainian food writer Wiktoria Popin classifies medivnyk as a keks (a type of fruitcake). Medivnyk typically includes spices, nuts and raisins. Buckwheat honey is preferred to give the cake its distinctive taste.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Medivnyk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.