There are a lot of Easter cake recipes, and every housewife has a set of her own tricks to these recipes to make her Easter cakes tasty and lush.
But why does Easter bake cakes? It turns out that the Easter cake has its own history, or, more accurately, the legend. According to him, after his resurrection, Jesus Christ appeared to the apostles during meals. His place at the table remained unoccupied, and in the center of the table lay bread for him. First there was a tradition for Easter to leave bread on the special table in the temple, and then the Easter cake became a symbol of the holiday and it was baked in every house.
Previously, the question of how to cook the Easter cake was not, of course, bake in the oven (even earlier in the oven), but with the advent of modern technology, the eyes began to scatter. Now Easter cake can be cooked both in the oven and in the bread maker, which is more convenient for you to choose yourself.
Recipe for the Easter cake for the bread maker
Ingredients (calculated for the breadmaker capacity of 1.4 kg):
- flour - 400-500 g;
- dry yeast - 2 tsp;
- sugar - 200 g;
- milk - 160 ml;
- egg - 4 pieces;
- Butter - 160 g;
- raisins - 160 g;
- citric acid - 1/2 tsp;
- vanillin - 2 a;
- salt - 1/2 tsp;
- turmeric - 1 pinch.
Preparation
Milk, butter, salt and 100 g of sugar are heated until all the ingredients are dissolved, not boiling. In a bucket pour 400 g of flour and yeast, add a warm mixture and knead the dough, launching the appropriate program. We leave the dough in a warm place for 1-1.5 hours.
Separate the proteins from the yolks. Yolks weighed with turmeric and 50 grams of sugar, and whites with citric acid and the remaining sugar beat into a thick foam. Approached the dough again, stirring, adding the prepared yolks. If the dough does not mix and adhere to the bottom of the bucket, then you can add a couple of tablespoons of flour. After the yolks are mixed, we interrupt the program and start again to add proteins. The bucket should be covered with a towel, so that the spray does not fly in the kitchen.
Raisins mix with vanillin and flour (if necessary), add to the dough and mix again. After it is well etched, let it come in a warm place for about 1.5 hours.
The top of the dough, which has risen by 2/3 of the dishes, is lubricated with oil. We start the baking program for one hour. If necessary, leave a little more, if you want a more ruddy crust.
To decorate the cake, whisk the egg white protein into a firm foam, then add sugar (sugar powder) until the glaze turns out. We pour the top of the cake and sprinkle it with colored powder.
Recipe for a home Easter cake
Those who do not have the opportunity to bake the Easter cake in the bakery will have to act in the old manner, using an oven. Try to cook the cakes here for this recipe.
Ingredients:
- flour - 12 glasses;
- dry yeast - 50 g;
- sugar - 2 cups;
- milk - 3 glasses;
- egg - 7 pieces;
- ghee - 1/2 cup;
- raisins - 1 ½ cup;
- cardamom, salt and vanillin - to taste.
Preparation
In 3 glasses of warm milk we brew yeast, add flour and put it in a warm place for lifting. In the approaching spit add 5 yolks, mashed with sugar, seasonings and salt. Add the remaining eggs and heated melted butter. Mix everything well, pour the remaining flour and knead the dough. Add the raisins and leave the dough to go in a warm place. We mix the dough again and again leave it for lifting. After the dough is laid out on the forms (for a more magnificent cake fill them with 1/2, for denser - for 2/3), let's go up to 3/4 of the form and bake in the oven until ready. To the top of the cake not burned, it needs to be covered, as soon as it turns pink, a mug of wet white paper.