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The Easter cake

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The cake is the traditional Easter pastries.
To prepare it only in a good mood, then it will be perfect!
The number of ingredients is obtained 3 cake height of 11 cm and a width of 17 cm and 6 small cakes height 7 cm and 6 cm wide.

Ingredients

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  • 500 ml of milk
  • 11 g of dry yeast (or 50-60 g fresh yeast)
  • 1-1.3 kg of flour
  • 6 eggs
  • 200 g butter or margarine
  • 250-300 grams of sugar
  • 300 grams of raisins
  • 1 tsp. of vanilla sugar

glaze:

  • 2 protein
  • 100 g sugar

Preparation

picture - The Easter cakeMilk a bit of heat (so it was a little warm), dissolve the yeast in it.

picture - The Easter cakeAdd 500 grams of flour, stir well.

picture - The Easter cakePut in a warm place.
I filled a bowl with warm water, put a container with the dough.

picture - The Easter cakeCover with a towel.

picture - The Easter cakeThe dough should be doubled (it takes about 30 minutes).

picture - The Easter cakeSeparate whites from yolks.
Mix yolks with sugar and vanilla sugar.

picture - The Easter cakeWhites beaten with a pinch of salt in the foam.

picture - The Easter cakeIn approaching the dough add the yolks and mix.

picture - The Easter cakeThen add the softened butter and mix.

picture - The Easter cakeAdd protein and mix.

picture - The Easter cakeAdd the remaining flour (flour, you may need a little more or less, it depends on the quality of the flour, knead the dough.
The dough should be well mixed, it should not be steep and should not stick to hands.

picture - The Easter cakeAgain put the dough in a warm place.
Give the dough a nice climb (it will take 50-60 minutes).

picture - The Easter cakeSoak raisins in warm water for 10-15 minutes, then all the water to drain.

picture - The Easter cakeIn the risen dough add the raisins, stir and put the dough in a warm place.

picture - The Easter cakeThe dough should be well serviced.

picture - The Easter cakeForm oil, put the dough to 1/3 the height of the form.

picture - The Easter cakeCover with plastic wrap or towel.

picture - The Easter cakeGive the dough more time to get up already in the form.
Place in a preheated 100 degree oven, bake for 10 minutes.
The temperature was then to add up to 180 degrees, and bake until tender (I have a cake with a height of 11 cm and a width of 17 cm was baked for 35 minutes, 10 minutes at a temperature of 100 degrees and 25 at a temperature of 180 degrees).
To check the readiness of the cake, poke it with a match (or a toothpick), if it is dry - the cake is ready.

picture - The Easter cakeMake the glaze.
Whites beaten with a pinch of salt in the foam.

picture - The Easter cakeAdd sugar, beat until stable peaks.

picture - The Easter cakeReady hot cakes to coat with glaze and sprinkle with confectionery topping or garnish with candied fruit.

Bon appetit!

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