Šakotis

Šakotis
Lithuanian šakotis
Alternative namesSękacz (Poland)
Bankukha (Belarus)
Raguolis (Lithuania)
TypeCake
Region or stateLithuania, Poland, Belarus
Created byGerman Baumkuchen
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Šakotis ("tree cake") (Polish: sękacz [ˈsɛŋkat͡ʂ] , Belarusian: банкуха, romanizedbankukha) is a national Lithuanian, local Polish (northeasternmost part of Poland) and local westernmost Belarusian traditional spit cake. It is a cake made of butter, egg whites and yolks, flour, sugar, and cream, cooked on a rotating spit in an oven or over an open fire.