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› Coordinates: 45°47′N, 16°57′E
› Zip: 43 272
› Municipality Day: April 20th
› Surface: 92,73 km²
› Population: 3 434 (2011)
› Villages: Bedenik, Bulinac, Dautan, Drljanovac, Kozarevac Račanski, Međurača, Nevinac, Orlovac, Sasovac, Slovinska Kovačica, Stara Rača, Tociljevac
› Mayor of the Municipality: Željko Sabolović
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Grandma’s poppy cake
Dough:
› 60 dag of flour (half of smooth, half of sharp flour)
› 7 dag of sugar
› 1 cube of yeast
› 2 dcl of milk
› 1/2 dcl of oil
› 3 egg yolks
› lemon peel
For lifting yeast :
› 1 dcl of milk
› 2 spoons of sugar
› little bit of flour
Poppy stuffing:
› 1/2 kg of poppy
› 12 dag of margarine
› rum
› sugar to taste (3 big spoons)
› 3 egg whites
› boiling milk

Preparation:
Crumble yeast add warm milk and a spoon of flour. When the yeast rise, add it to the flour. Add all other ingredients and knead the dough. Mix dough well and put in a warm place to rise. Roll out the dough, spread with filling, roll and place in a greased baking dish. Leave the cake to rise and bake at 190 ° C for about 45 minutes.
Pour the poppy with hot milk and stir over the fire to boil. Add margarine, rum and sugar. When cool, add the egg whites (snow).