Easter cakes made from butter dough with cottage cheese

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr 25 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to quite simply prepare boyar Easter cakes from butter dough with cottage cheese and raisins with candied fruits for the holiday table, which will surely appeal to many for their wonderful taste? First of all, we prepare the necessary products for preparing celebratory butter cakes decorated with Italian meringue.

2. STEP 2

   

   To prepare Easter cakes, take a suitable container and pour two hundred and fifty milliliters of milk at room temperature into it, then pour three tablespoons of sugar into it from the total mass.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place thirty grams of fresh pressed yeast in a container with milk, two full tablespoons of premium wheat flour from the total mass and mix all the ingredients together, then place the container with the dough in a warm place for fifteen to twenty minutes to activate the yeast.

4. STEP 4

   

   Separate the yolks from the whites of five chicken eggs and place the yolks in a large bowl, then pour five tablespoons of sugar into it, lay out one hundred and eighty grams of cottage cheese, then grind it with a spatula and mix with the egg yolks until smooth.

5. STEP 5

   

   Pour the prepared fluffy dough into a bowl with the egg-curd mixture and mix all the ingredients together until smooth.

6. STEP 6

   

   Take a fine sieve and sift four hundred and fifty grams of premium wheat flour through it into a large bowl with a liquid base, then add two teaspoons of baking powder, half a teaspoon of salt and two teaspoons of vanilla sugar to the bowl.

7. STEP 7

   

   Mix all the ingredients in a bowl together and knead the dough, which you then continue to knead with oiled hands until the required consistency is achieved for ten minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add one hundred grams of softened butter to the bowl with the dough in parts and mix it into the dough with your hands for ten minutes, then grease the dough with a small amount of vegetable oil, then cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and put it in a warm place for an hour and a half.

9. STEP 9

   

   To add to the dough, pre-soak in hot water and rinse one hundred grams of raisins, then dry the raisins on a towel and place in a small bowl, then add three tablespoons of cognac to it.

10. STEP 10

    

    Pour a small amount of sifted premium wheat flour onto the table and roll the raisins in it.

11. STEP 11

    

    Lubricate your hands with the countertop with a small amount of vegetable oil, then lay out the proofed dough and knead it until it forms a flat cake, then spread candied raisins on it in an even layer and lightly press it into the dough with your hands.

12. STEP 12

    

    Roll the flatbread into a tight roll and gather the dough into a ball, then knead the dough with your hands and place it in a bowl, then cover it with a kitchen towel and put it back in a warm place for an hour and a half to proof the dough.

13. STEP 13

    

    As time passes, grease your hands and the countertop with a small amount of vegetable oil and lay out the dough, which you then knead and divide into two parts, after which each part of the dough is divided into three pieces and each of them is collected into a bun.

14. STEP 14

    

    Place each dough ball into a mold with a height and diameter of nine centimeters greased with a small amount of vegetable oil, then place them in a warm place for one hour to proof.

15. STEP 15

    

    Sprinkle the risen cakes with warm water through a sprayer and bake in an oven preheated to one hundred and seventy degrees, which you also sprinkle generously with water from a sprayer beforehand for greater humidity.

16. STEP 16

    

    After twenty minutes have passed, cover the cakes in the oven with damp and crumpled parchment, then continue baking them for another twenty minutes and leave them in the switched off oven for ten minutes, then remove the cakes from the oven onto the table sideways and cover the top with a kitchen towel.

17. STEP 17

    

    Decorate the cooled cakes on top to taste with Italian meringue previously prepared from egg whites.

18. STEP 18

    

    Let's cook together, cook simply, prepare at home the most delicious dishes from available products using our recipes! Bon appetit everyone!