Aunt Shirley's Collection ~ Lekvar Cakes (Olga szelet) ~ dated 1953

Lekvar Cakes

(Olga szelet)

Ingredients: 

3 cups sifted flour

1/4 tsp salt

3 tsp baking powder

1/2 lb soft butter

4 egg yolks beaten

1/2 pint sour cream

1 pint lekvar (a sweet butter made of prunes or apricots)

1/2 cup chopped nuts

Sift flour before measuring; add salt and baking powder; blen in butter with pastry blender or hands; mix thoroughly.  Add egg yolks; blend in well; add sour cream.  Dough should be soft as pie dough consistency.  Roll 1/4 inch thick and place in 9x13 square pan; spread with lekvar 1/2 inch thick; sprinkle with chopped nuts.  Place criss-cross strips of dough on top.  Bake at 400 degrees until slightly browned.  Cut into squares. 

This is an example of what to look for when looking for Lekvar.  I have not been able to find it here in my local Kroger or Walmart Supercenter (We have Publix, but I have never shopped there I am embarrassed to admit).  I am in search of an "ethnic" foods market here in Nashville.  But so far, I haven't been able to find any kind of equivalent to Cleveland's West Side Market (where you could probably find this pretty easily)

Enjoy!