Custard Easter cake sample 1927

A wonderful old recipe. A very tasty, slightly moist Easter cake made with choux pastry, adapted from a recipe from a 1927 cookbook.
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Elena BarnesElena Barnes
Author of the recipe
Custard Easter cake sample 1927
Calories
383Kcal
Protein
8gram
Fat
16gram
Carbs
44gram
*Nutritional value of 1 serving

Ingredients

ServingsServings: 10
200ml
100g
100g
1teaspoon
0.5teaspoon
1tablespoon

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking timeCooking time: 4 hr
  1. STEP 1

    STEP 1

    Dissolve the yeast in 30 ml of warm cream. Separate 2 full tablespoons of flour and brew it with the remaining cream, brought to a boil.

  2. STEP 2

    STEP 2

    Grind into a homogeneous mass, cool and mix with yeast. Leave the dough to rise until it doubles in volume.

  3. STEP 3

    STEP 3

    Mix the rest of the flour with salt and cardamom. Beat the yolks with sugar and stir in vanilla and 80 g of soft butter.

  4. STEP 4

    STEP 4

    Mix the suitable dough with yolks, butter, flour

  5. STEP 5

    STEP 5

    and knead a homogeneous dough.

  6. STEP 6

    STEP 6

    Place in a warm place until doubled in volume.

  7. STEP 7

    STEP 7

    Place the risen dough on a greased table and divide into 5 parts. Round each, leave for 15 minutes, and then roll into flat cakes.

  8. STEP 8

    STEP 8

    Grease the first one and place the raisins on top, the second one on top so that it goes halfway. Also grease and add raisins and so on for the rest.

  9. STEP 9

    STEP 9

    Also grease and place raisins on all the others.

  10. STEP 10

    STEP 10

    Roll the tortillas into a roll

  11. STEP 11

    STEP 11

    and cut crosswise into two parts.

  12. STEP 12

    STEP 12

    Place the cut side down in the molds and let them rise at least one and a half times.

  13. STEP 13

    STEP 13

    Brush with egg and bake at 170° for about 40 minutes.

  14. STEP 14

    STEP 14

    Decorate to your artistic taste.