Nearing the light of Easter holiday, and soon the stores will be Easter cakes at every taste - with raisins, candied fruit, nuts, frosting, sprinkles and small colorful funny figures chickens. Nevertheless, many housewives decide to bake cakes on their own, turning it into a family tradition. Indeed, what could be cozier than the smell of fresh baking in the house!
On Wednesday evening (bake cakes laid on Maundy Thursday), you need to knead the dough. This should be done necessarily in a good mood, otherwise it will not work. You also can not swear, to quarrel, to shout or slam the door, the dough may be frightened and fall off. And the next day, until the cakes are baked parents with children canin a special way to paint eggs.
All this will create a unique holiday atmosphere in the house, which your children will carry through life, and share with their children. Cook Easter cake is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. We offer you a step by step guide to the ancient Passover recipe.
We need:
Flour - 1 kg
Milk - 1 ½ cup
Egg - 6 pcs.
Butter - 300 g
Sugar - 1 ½ - 2 cups
Yeast - 40-50 g
Salt - ¾ h. l.
Raisins - 150 g
Candied - 50 g
Almond - 50 g
Vanillin - ½ sachet
Cardamom - 5-6 crushed grains
Step by step PREPARATION:
1. Dissolve yeast in warm milk (not more than 40 degrees).
2. Gradually Pour 4 cups sifted through a sieve the flour and knead the dough. Take the dishes poprostornee dough should increase in the amount of no less than 4 times.
3. Add salt, sugar worn with white-egg yolks. You can do this manually or use a blender.
4. Butter, cut into pieces and melt the in saucepan over low heat. Add to the batter.
5. Whisk the egg whites to a froth, sending the same direction. Again slightly knead the dough, sprinkle with flour and cover with a towel.
6. We put on a night in a warm, draft-free place.
7. In the morning, add the remaining flour, vanilla. Knead the dough. It should not be very thick, but well mixed - lag behind the hands and utensils walls.
8. Cover and set to rise for another 30-60 minutes. When it will increase in the amount of at least two times, add the raisins, candied fruit and nuts. Spread on the forms. To cake turned out more air to fill out the form 1/3, denser on 1/2.
9. Completed forms cover with a towel and put in a warm place to approach. When the mold will be filled ¾ test set shape in a cold oven. Expose 180 degrees and bake 50-60 minutes.
10. To top of cake is not burnt when it is browned, cover his circle of paper soaked in water.
11. Check readiness cake by using wooden sticks or toothpicks. Pierce the stick product. If it stayed dry - cake is ready, the dough on it - you need to bake another.
12. After cooling, the cake can be covered with glaze, decorate candied fruits, berries, Easter figures and so on. D. Happy easter!
And we invite you to learn,some wards should be in every Ukrainian family.
