According to tradition, Easter cakes should be baked on the night of Thursday to Friday - the day before Easter. There is no need to spare the ingredients for the dough - it will be good if you get a lot of cakes. Indeed, on the day of Christ's Resurrection, it is customary to visit and bring them with you. In general, this pastry is a special type of rich bread with the addition of some components.
It is necessary
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- For an old Easter cake:
- 100 g raisins;
- 200 g sugar;
- 3 yolks;
- 0, 5 tbsp. milk;
- 1 glass of rum;
- 0.5 shots of saffron tincture;
- 1.5 tbsp. melted butter;
- flour - how much the dough will take;
- salt to taste.
- For a coffee cake:
- 200 g flour;
- 150 g sugar;
- 150 g butter;
- 3 eggs;
- 0, 5 sachets of baking powder;
- 1 sachet of Cappuccino instant coffee;
- salt to taste;
- 2 canned peaches for garnish.
Instructions
Step 1
It is believed that if the cake is a success, then everything will be safe in the house and family. So choose the freshest ingredients for your Easter baked goods. Remember that cake dough requires careful and careful attitude - do not put it in a draft, do not allow sudden temperature changes and even loud sounds.
Step 2
If you want to keep Orthodox traditions, knead the dough on Thursday night. Cover the dough dish with a clean towel and leave in a warm place overnight. There are dozens of methods of kneading - monastery, chocolate, carrot, dough, chocolate-vanilla. To make the dough for the old Easter cake, you need to mix the yolks with warm milk, sugar and beat. Then add flour and yeast. After the dough has “fermented” for about two hours, add melted and cooled butter, rum and saffron tincture. For a coffee cake, whisk together the sugar, butter and yolks. Then add coffee, flour and water. Whisk the egg whites separately with salt and combine with the dough.
Step 3
On Friday morning, arrange the dough into tins and let rise well. Bake at 180 degrees until tender.
Step 4
The Orthodox did not know this, but today Easter baked goods can be prepared in a bread maker. With this type of baking, you do not have to leave the dough overnight. You just need to take any recipe for Easter cake, put the ingredients in a container and set a program for a bun or any sweet pastry.
Step 5
After you have taken out the finished cake from the oven or bread machine, you need to decorate it. Usually, a glaze made from whipped proteins with powdered sugar is used for this. You can sprinkle candied fruit or nuts on the top of the baked goods. It is also customary to spread the letters XB - Christ is Risen with raisins on the glaze. The top of the coffee cake is decorated with canned peaches.
Step 6
It is believed that the ready-made Easter cake should be consecrated in the church on Saturday morning. And only after that you can begin to feast on.
