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2025 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-13 07:40
On the eve of Easter: preparing a custard cake
The main holiday of Orthodox Christians is not far off - Easter, the Bright Resurrection of Christ. On this day, the hostesses prepare the best dishes, but the traditional Easter cake invariably remains the crown of the table. There is no single recipe for its preparation, each hostess has her own way and her own secrets. We offer you to bake a soft, airy and aromatic cake on choux pastry. The recipe is very simple, and you will surely like the result very much.
How to make a custard Easter cake
Remember that all food must be very fresh. Otherwise, the cake may simply not rise or turn out to be harsh.
You will need:
- 200 g of milk;
- 720 g flour;
- 100 g dried apricots;
- 10 g salt;
- 15 g dry yeast;
- 20 g vanilla sugar;
- 50 g of brandy;
- 100 g creamy margarine;
- 40 g sour cream;
- 100 g butter;
- 6 eggs;
- 150 g of sugar.
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Beat 2 eggs with 50 g of sugar.
Beaten eggs Mash well and beat eggs with sugar
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Add flour (120 g) to the mixture, stir and pour in the milk, previously brought to a boil. Stir until smooth and let cool.
Choux pastry A little flour with hot milk - and the choux pastry is almost ready
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Mash sugar (100 g) with the remaining eggs (4 pcs.), Gradually adding sour cream and melted butter with margarine.
Butter, margarine, sour cream and eggs Combine butter, margarine, sour cream and eggs
- Now add 600 g of sifted flour, vanilla sugar, yeast. Season with salt and add cognac last.
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Combine the thoroughly mixed flour mass with the brewed dough. Pour in chopped dried apricots, boned in flour and mix into a homogeneous mass.
Dough with dried apricots Mix all prepared dough products
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Cover the prepared dough in a deep dish with a towel and leave for 2 hours in a warm place. During this time, knead the dough 2-3 times.
Dough in a bowl Let the dough rise in warmth
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Grease the molds with butter and spread the dough over one third of the height. Cover the molds with napkins and leave until the dough is almost to the top.
Dough in molds Divide the dough into molds and let rise.
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Insert a long skewer into the center of the dough pan. This will help the cake rise more evenly when baked. Preheat the oven to 180-200 ° C, place the cakes there and bake until tender. When the surface of the cake is covered with a golden brown crust, pierce it with a skewer: if it is dry, you can take out the baked goods.
Skewer in the dough A skewer in the center of the dough mold will allow the cake to rise evenly
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Now you can cover the cake with icing. For her, beat 1 protein with 2 tbsp. l. sugar and add a few drops of lemon juice. Decorate the cake on top of the icing as desired.
Ready-made cakes in glaze Decorate ready-made cakes with icing and pastry sprinkles
By the way, if you have a bread maker at home, be sure to try baking a cake in it. We have done this more than once: this device greatly facilitates the work, the main thing is to add products on time. It turns out very tasty, like from a Russian stove. I baked a few cakes for family and friends. True, I noticed a pattern: the first Easter cake turns out to be very high, just barely lifts the lid, the second - a little lower, and then in the same progression. Probably, the technique also gets tired of long work.
Video: how to bake Easter cake on choux pastry
We hope you are interested in our recipe, and you will try to bake the custard cake to make sure that it is really delicious. Happy Easter and bon appetit!