Easter Easter cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake Easter cake in the oven? Prepare the products according to the list. You can take live yeast, then you will need 3 times more of it than dry yeast. Instead of dried fruits, you can take candied fruits or lemon (orange) zest.

2. STEP 2

   

   Mix yeast with warm milk and sugar, leave for 15-20 minutes. The milk should be warm, but not scalding. Milk that is too hot will kill the yeast.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the raisins and dried cherries, dry them and pour in cognac, this will make the baked goods more flavorful and last longer.

4. STEP 4

   

   Prepare the choux pastry. To do this, bring the butter and milk to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat.

5. STEP 5

   

   Remove the melted butter and milk from the heat and add the flour. Stir and leave the mixture to cool to about 50 degrees.

6. STEP 6

   

   For the main dough, beat 4 eggs into a container convenient for beating, add 2 yolks, add sugar and vanilla sugar. Beat everything together until fluffy white mass using a mixer.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add the risen yeast to the beaten eggs; it should definitely rise. If this does not happen, then the yeast is not working. They will have to be replaced.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add the choux pastry mixture to the main mixture and stir until smooth. Add sour cream, butter and 20 ml of vegetable oil, stir.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add sifted flour in portions and knead the dough. Be sure to sift the flour to remove debris and oxygenate the dough. This will make the cake more airy and fluffy. Be prepared that you may need more or less flour than indicated in the recipe. Focus not on the amount of flour, but on the desired consistency of the dough.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cover the kneaded dough and leave to rise in a warm place for 1-1.5 hours.

11. STEP 11

    

    Knead the risen dough, grease your hands and work surface with vegetable oil, and stir in the dried fruits.

12. STEP 12

    

    Leave the dough to rise a second time.

13. STEP 13

    

    Divide the dough into the cake pans. From this amount of ingredients I got 5 medium and 2 small cake pans. Place the molds with the dough in a warm place for 40 minutes until they double in size. Turn on the oven to 180 degrees in advance.

14. STEP 14

    

    Place the risen cakes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 40-60 minutes. The exact time depends on the features of your oven. Check the readiness of the cakes with a wooden skewer or toothpick. To do this, insert it into the middle of the cake and immediately take it out: if it comes out dry, then the cake can be removed.

15. STEP 15

    

    While the yeast cakes are baking, make the glaze. To do this, beat the egg whites with 2 tbsp until white and fluffy. spoons of lemon juice and powdered sugar.

16. STEP 16

    

    Remove the finished cakes from the molds.

17. STEP 17

    

    Dip the hot cakes into the egg glaze.

18. STEP 18

    

    Decorate Easter Easter cakes with confectionery sprinkles or sweet figures immediately before the icing hardens. Happy cooking and happy holidays!

Comments on the recipe

Shura

30.11.2023

5

Thank you for such a detailed description of the technology for preparing butter cakes - this is also a lot of work! And of course, thank you for the Easter cakes themselves, they turned out excellent, simply gorgeous, the glory of holiday baking! So I repeated the preparation of the holiday Easter cake for Krasnaya Gorka, now I have to wait a year until next Easter...

lara

30.11.2023

4.6

Wow! I haven't tried this for a long time! I always had to follow this recipe:

Angelica

30.11.2023

4.6

An excellent, detailed recipe for Easter cakes! It seemed a little complicated at first, but after reading it, I decided to definitely try baking it. Thank you! You are smart and a wonderful hostess!

Elena Zaryugina

30.11.2023

4.8

Everything worked out. I did everything according to the recipe without retreating, everyone liked it. The recipe is gorgeous

Catherine

30.11.2023

5

Thank you very much for the recipe! The rich Easter cakes turned out very tasty, the guests and family were delighted!

Julia

30.11.2023

5

The rich Easter cakes turned out very fragrant and tasty! With such beautiful Easter cakes, the atmosphere in the house was especially festive! Thank you very much for the recipe!!