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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Easter cakes are not only an integral part of a religious holiday, but also a very tasty piece. You should try to bake Easter cake at least once in your life: small tips and a step-by-step recipe will help you make delicious pasta, and not some nasty stuff.
About two years ago, I myself tried to bake cakes, but since I did it for the first time, the dough turned out to be so much that it filled all the free pots in the house.
Also, I started late, so I spent half the night before Easter and at the end I was not happy that I started. Although they turned out nothing like that.
In order not to repeat my mistakes and not to steam in the kitchen when everyone is already asleep, start this business in advance. It is best to put the dough Saturday afternoon - you will have to wait 4 hoursuntil the dough rises, and then make the icing for it.
In any case, first you need to find all the ingredients:
- 50 gr. yeast
- a glass of milk
- 100 g butter
- a glass of sugar
- two tablespoons of vegetable oil
- four eggs
- four glasses of flour
- 1 lemon
- 2 bags of vanilla sugar
- powdered sugar
- raisins and / or candied fruits
- baking paper
- toothpick
- mixer
- topping for cake
There are many recipes on how to cook Easter cake, there are several on each culinary site. I found, probably, the simplest and fastest recipe, except, perhaps, a cake in the microwave. But I have not seen such a masterpiece.
So, first you need to check the activity of the yeast. When I made ginger ale, I used these:
They turned out to be good, so you can try them. Pour them into a container, pour a glass of warm (sic!) Milk, add a spoonful of sugar, a spoonful of flour and watch the result.
Yeast that is suitable for Easter cake will begin to show signs of life after a while - the substance will foam and grow. If so, everything is fine, you can continue.
Mix four eggs, a glass of sugar (those with a sweet tooth can add more), melted butter and two tablespoons of vegetable.
All this is thoroughly mixed and poured into a dough (this is the name of milk with yeast and sugar). To make the cake fragrant, add vanilla sugar and lemon zest grated on a fine grater.
Time to add flour - add 4 cups and mix everything thoroughly. Put the raisins with candied fruits last, and before that, roll them in flour - so they are evenly distributed over the dough, and do not settle in one place.
Stir until the dough begins to lag behind the bowl. If it is too runny, you can add more flour.
We put it in the form
As a form, you can use small pots, glasses and even tall cans, for example, from under peas or champignons.
This is where you will need baking paper so that the finished cake can simply be taken out of the glass, and not ripped from it. However, if there is no paper and you do not want to buy, you can simply grease the mold with oil, maybe the cake will not stick tightly.
Put a circle of paper on the bottom of the mold, wrap the walls with paper, and put the dough inside. There is an important point here - now it will rise very actively, so fill in only half of the form or even less, otherwise it will come out of your glass or saucepan.
When all the dough is in the molds, leave it in a warm place for 4 hours. If it rises too actively, you can put it in the refrigerator, there this process will slow down and the dough will be with smaller pores.
If it doesn't rise at all, then the yeast is dead. It's a pity.
Baking
After 4 hours, put the cakes in the oven and bake at 170 degrees. It will take about 30-40 minutes, but to make sure that the cakes are ready, use the dry toothpick method.
Immerse it in a ruddy cake, take it out and touch it. If the toothpick is dry, the cake is ready.
Now we need to make the icing
For the glaze, you need a mixer. I tried to do it without it, and it turned out to be a translucent nasty-looking film, and not a gorgeous white frosting. But maybe I was just not interfering intensively enough.
In addition to a mixer, you need:
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of lemon juice
- 1 egg
First, we separate the white from the yolk, here's a great idea on how to do it:
Then beat it with a mixer until foamy, add powdered sugar and lemon juice. By the way, powdered sugar can be made from granulated sugar by grinding it in a coffee grinder, or you can buy a ready-made one.
And again beat it all with a mixer at high speed until a white mass is in the plate. It should be exactly white, thick and fluid. Spread icing on the top of the cake and, until it is dry, sprinkle on top with colored sprinkles (sold at any grocery store).
Then leave the treat until Sunday and then brag about everything that you have baked the cake, take pictures with it, etc.
If you have your own simple recipes, or some "tricks" in the preparation of Easter cake, please share in the comments.