Easter cake with curd

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 5 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make Easter cottage cheese cake with cottage cheese? Prepare your food. Take the fattest cottage cheese, I have 9%. Choose natural, high-quality cottage cheese, not grainy or pasty. The same applies to oil. Remove it from the refrigerator in advance to soften it. The eggs should also be warm, remove them along with the oil. In addition to vanilla sugar, you can add cinnamon, cardamom, and saffron. And along with raisins - candied fruits and nuts.

2. STEP 2

   

   First of all, prepare the dough for the cake. To do this, pour dry yeast and a teaspoon of sugar into a deep bowl in which you plan to knead the dough. Pour warm milk over it all. Warm, but not hot, so as not to kill the living yeast. Stir and add a teaspoon of flour. Stir the dough again until smooth, cover the bowl and leave to stand for 20 minutes.

3. STEP 3

   

   While the dough is rising, prepare the other ingredients. Beat the cottage cheese with an immersion blender along with soft butter until smooth. If you don't have a blender, then rub the cottage cheese through a sieve. It is better to do this without fail - the dough will be more homogeneous, without lumps.

4. STEP 4

   

   Beat the egg and yolk into another bowl. Beat them with regular and vanilla sugar until fluffy and light.

5. STEP 5

   

   Meanwhile, the dough will rise and bubble - this means that the yeast is active and ready to work. If this does not happen, replace them.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add beaten eggs and grated cottage cheese with butter to the dough. Add a pinch of salt - it will balance the taste.

7. STEP 7

   

   Stir the mixture until smooth.

8. STEP 8

   

   Sift flour into it. I advise you to start with 200 grams, as you may need more or less than the specified amount. Mix the dough first with a whisk, and when it becomes thick, with your hands. You can grease your hands with vegetable oil to make kneading easier. I put on gloves.

9. STEP 9

   

   Knead the dough for 15 minutes, adding more flour if necessary. It should become homogeneous, but remain soft and slightly sticky. I used a little less flour, about 230 grams.

10. STEP 10

    

    Gather the dough into a ball, cover the bowl with a towel or lid and place in a warm place for 2 hours. I usually put it in the oven (not working). During this time, the dough will double in size.

11. STEP 11

    

    Wash the raisins (and candied fruits, if you use them) well, dry and roll in flour - this way they will be evenly distributed over the dough. Knead the dough, add the raisins and mix them in with your hand.

12. STEP 12

    

    Divide the dough into equal parts according to the number of cakes you plan to bake. I have two molds measuring 10*9 cm (10 is the diameter of the bottom).

13. STEP 13

    

    Place the pieces of dough into the molds, filling them about halfway. Then put them back in a warm place for an hour.

14. STEP 14

    

    Bake the cakes in an oven preheated to 160°C for 30 to 40 minutes, depending on their size. The cakes should be browned on top. Remove the finished cakes from the oven and cool completely.

15. STEP 15

    

    Prepare the glaze. From this quantity of products you will get a lot of glaze, for at least 6 Easter cakes. It will be inconvenient to measure gelatin for a smaller portion.

16. STEP 16

    

    Pour gelatin into 35 ml of water, stir and leave to swell. The time will depend on the type of gelatin. I have a fast-acting one - it swells in 5 minutes. How much yours requires, read on the packaging.

17. STEP 17

    

    Pour sugar into a saucepan, fill it with the remaining water (60 ml). Stir and place over medium heat. Boil the syrup, stirring, until almost boiling, but do not boil. As soon as the first bubbles appear, remove from heat.

18. STEP 18

    

    Place the swollen gelatin into the hot syrup. Stir until it is completely dissolved. Cool the mixture slightly.

19. STEP 19

    

    And then beat with a mixer until white and thick.

20. STEP 20

    

    Cover the cakes with the prepared glaze. Take your time, it will be liquid at first and may run off. But don’t wait too long—the gelatin will begin to harden as it cools.

21. STEP 21

    

    Decorate the cake as you wish. Serve to the table. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Oxana

18.12.2023

4.6

The Easter cake turned out to be porous, airy and, thanks to the cottage cheese, very delicate in taste. Along with vanilla sugar, I added ground cardamom (2 teaspoons for 2 servings) and saffron (0.5 grams). The aroma and color turned out to be completely festive) The brown blush crust and Easter yellow crumb left no one indifferent 💖 Instead of raisins, I tried putting walnuts, prunes and dried apricots. I did everything according to the scheme for raisins described in the recipe. It turned out great) I really liked the recipe, also because it was my first time making yeast dough and everything worked out the first time 😊 The dough rose and I was pleased with the result. In the finished cake, you can see a lot of evenly distributed small pores on the cut 😍 which is why the cake itself has a very pleasant texture 😻I don’t really like sugar, so I decided to leave the cake without icing. There was enough sweetness even in this version 😋

Kat

18.12.2023

4.7

Thanks for the recipe! Kneading the dough is not at all difficult. I’m making cottage cheese cakes for the first time, I really want to try it already

VeronicaVoloshenyuk

18.12.2023

4.8

Thank you for the recipe for cottage cheese Easter cakes, everything seems to have worked out)) I hope you like it❤

Karina Bilodid

18.12.2023

4.8

Thanks for the Easter cake recipe.

Yana

18.12.2023

4.9

I just finished decorating the Easter cakes, I baked them for the first time and everything was a success, I also added raisins, lemon and orange zest, their aroma is simply incredible, I baked them in paper molds for 40 minutes, I can’t wait until tomorrow to try them. The only thing, the icing For some reason it turned out a bit runny... But I don’t think it will affect the taste. Thanks for the recipe!

Irina

18.12.2023

4.7

Thanks for the recipe for Easter cake with cottage cheese! It turned out very tasty and the dough was airy.

Elana

18.12.2023

4.7

Thanks for the recipe! Yesterday I made Easter cake with cottage cheese, tried it in the morning, it turned out very tasty!