April 7, 2012 - 11:12am
Anyone here baking Easter Paska or Babka?
I'm elbow deep in my annual Paska baking. What is Paska? Its the traditional Ukrainian Easter bread. Its very highly decorated. The dough is most similar to Challah - an eggy, buttery, enriched bread. Traditionally it is baked the day before Easter, and taken in the Easter basket to church, where it is blessed by the priest, then it is eaten to break the strict Easter fast after mass on Easter morning. Just wondering whether anybody else does this or has tried it? These pictures are not mine, by the way, since I can't seem to find photos from previous years' efforts.