Easter cake with honey and candied fruits, decorated with protein glaze, will be the main character of your Easter table. The dough for the cake can be divided into several portions and make nice gifts for relatives, because it is an old tradition - to prepare sweet Easter treats for Easter as a gift. I usually bake small cakes. Firstly, there is no need to occupy the oven for a long time, secondly, small Easter cakes are well baked and do not burn, thirdly, there is always a supply of beautiful treats for guests who suddenly suddenly appear.
- Cooking time: 4 hours;
- Quantity: 2 cakes for 350 g.
Ingredients for making Easter cakes with honey and candied fruits
Dough
- 330 g of premium grade wheat flour;
- 200 ml of milk;
- 50 g butter;
- 22 g yeast;
- 40 g of honey;
- chicken egg;
- 2 tsp. ground cinnamon;
- 2 g of vanilla;
- 100 g candied fruit.
Frosting
- 40 g of icing sugar;
- 1 tsp. raw egg white.
A method of cooking an Easter cake with honey and candied fruits
We make pastry dough. Wheat flour of the highest grade for baking is sifted through a sieve 2-3 times in order to enrich it with oxygen, and at the same time get rid of possible foreign particles. Add ground cinnamon and vanilla to flour, as well as half a teaspoon of fine salt.
Heat the milk in a skillet, then melt the butter in it, add honey. When the mixture cools to 35 degrees Celsius, dissolve the yeast in it. I usually use fresh yeast for baking, but you can add dry ones, the number needed by the manufacturer indicates on the package.
When the yeast is completely mixed with warm milk, pour the mixture into a bowl of flour.
Add the chicken egg to the dough, mix the ingredients first in a bowl, and then lay them on the desktop. Knead the dough for 10 minutes, until it becomes elastic, uniform, pleasant to the touch and not sticky.
Put the dough back in a bowl, grease with olive or vegetable oil, leave for 2 hours. Do not put the dough in a very warm place, it is necessary that it grows slowly.
Properly mixed dough and fresh yeast do wonders - a small “bun” grows almost 3 times.
Cut the candied fruits into small cubes, add to the risen dough. You can add any candied fruits - pineapples, pomelo, in general, the more diverse, the tastier.
Weigh the dough with candied fruit, divide into two parts. This is not necessary, I just have small forms for cakes, which do not need to be kept in the oven for a long time.
We put the dough in the form, leave it for 50 minutes so that the yeast starts working again, and the dough rises, then we lubricate the top of the cake with the egg yolk diluted in water. Heat the oven to 220 degrees.
We put Kulich in a hot oven, bake for about 15 minutes. Baking time varies widely (ranging from 12 to 22 minutes), depending on the size of the cake and the characteristics of the oven.
When Easter cake with honey and candied fruits has cooled, it should be decorated. To do this, mix a teaspoon of egg white with powdered sugar, and then gently apply the icing on the cake. While the glaze is raw, decorate the top with finely chopped candied fruit.
Easter cake with honey and candied fruits is ready. Enjoy your meal!
