Eating the infamous poppy seed cake known as makowiec, one of Poland’s most popular sweet foods, is also a scandalising way to put morphine into your system. Culture.pl looks at its seemingly innocent ...

Fifty eggs, a kilo of flour, a kilo of sugar, a litre of cream, a spit and an open fire – does that sound like any cake you know? Sękacz is notoriously labour-intensive and rarely made at home, but it ...