Lekach
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Lekach or Jewish honey cake is a honey-sweetened cake, one of many symbolically significant foods traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews at the holiday of Rosh Hashana, in hopes of ensuring a sweet New Year.[1]
Recipes vary widely. It is usually a dense, loaf-shaped cake, but some versions are similar to sponge cake or pound cake, with the addition of honey and spices with coffee or tea for coloring; others are more like gingerbread or lebkuchen.[1]
The Jewish tradition of honeyed cakes may date back to ancient Egyptian cakes called basboosa.[1] The Egyptian cakes, basboosa.[1] are probably a variant of Lekach
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- ^ a b c d Zeldes, Leah A. (September 16, 2009). "Eat this! Lekach: Jewish honey cake, for a sweet new year". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc.. http://blog.diningchicago.com/2009/09/16/eat-this-lekach-jewish-honey-cake-for-new-year/. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
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