Karen Gold with Martha Stewart

Karen Gold on The Martha Stewart Show. Originally aired 12/21/2007. They are making a traditional Polish Coffee Cake called Placek (pronounced "plah-sek") The sugar-free version of this cake can be found at www.karensdelites.com

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• Karen
• Gold
• Placek
• Martha
• Stewart
• Food
• Holidays
• Holiday
• Traditions

[karensdelites]

ankagrafka, Riiigggghhhhtttt. The Wikis are ALWAYS the living end. Any airhead with a computer can add their 2 cents' worth to a Wiki.

We're just going to have to agree to disagree. I, for one, will stand by the translation my wife and her family say is correct. After all, they are the ones who have taken a largely undocumented family recipe from Poland to national TV.

You can believe whatever you and your Wiki want. Garbage In-Garbage Out Far as I'm concerned, the matter is closed.

[radically4rad]

I'm sure it has/had some other name than 'placek.' Placek is the generic Polish word for cake, so she's just saying this cake is called cake, lol.

[karensdelites]

@radically4rad, Not sure where you got your translation but it is incorrect. The old saying "it got lost in the translation" fits perfectly. Translation software looks for the lowest common denominator, as I learned very quickly when trying to learn to write in Vietnamese. I was constantly being ribbed and being outright laughed at by my Vietnamese tutor in Ho Chi Minh City. I assure you "Placek" means "Coffee Cake" in Polish

[kiwipajamapants]

I saw your appearance on Martha back when it first aired and recently decided to make some placek of my own. I tried your recipe and the results were wonderful! Thank you for sharing your babcia's recipe with everyone. :)

-Eilzabeth

[karensdelites]

Thanks for your comments! I'm so happy they turned out great! It was a fun experience being on the Martha show!

[scratchdspecs]

Sorry, Thomas1986, I neither speak or read Polish. I am a certified Mississippi Redneck so Southern is my only language outside of English!

[scratchdspecs]

It's interesting that the term has been used verifiably for over 100 years just in Karen's family as "cooffee cake." Even more interesting is that her grandmother (to whom the recipe is attributed) emigrated here from Poland and the handwritten "recipe" is titled, "Placek/coffee cake." And Karen's Aunt Theresa asks, "How many 'just cakes' do you make with yeast, you dummy?" 

[gerwazjana]

@karensdelites no it doesn't. radically4rad was right, it just means cake.

[wilczek1991]

yes she admitted :D

I saw one from oldest shows and there she sad that she have a polish grandfathers and mother :P

Poland I love u!!!

[ksionc100]

martha invites these polish people but has she ever admitted she was of polish descent herself???

[mkrsk]

That looks like some good food.

Very yummy.