Italian Christmas cake! Having tried it once, lit up the dream to make...

Italian cakes are famous all over the world, nowhere else is cooked so soft, lush, fragrant pastries. Luxury bread baked at Christmas, and Easter, and any holiday feasts. I got the idea to create at home this delightful sample of the baking art, had to try the recipes...

Christmas cake with dried fruit will be excellent, if you carefully follow the specified recipe. Pay attention to the quality of the products used!

An important caveat: Christmas cupcake is better to prepare in advance, so he stood there for a few days and saturated with the aromas of dried fruits. After 2-3 days it can be cut! Great idea to give to your beloved friends for a solid slice of celebratory cake, wrapped in beautiful packaging!





Christmas cupcake with suhoruchenkova

• 800 g flour
• 1 tbsp. milk
• 1,5 tbsp. sugar
• 40 g fresh yeast
• 150 g butter
• 3 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 2/3 Cup candied fruit
• 150 g of raisins
• 150 g of dried apricots
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 0.5 tsp. cardamom
• 1 tbsp grated lemon or orange zest
• 2 sachets of vanilla sugar

Cooking

1. Mash the yeast with 2 tbsp sugar. Add to it 3-4 tablespoons of warm milk. This also add 2 tbsp flour, mix well. Leave the mass for about 15 minutes — until small bubbles on its surface.
   
   
   
2. Requests 2 tbsp. flour in a bowl. Pour into the flour warm milk, mix well. Weight at this stage should be viscous! Add prepared yeast.
3. Carefully stir the dough until smooth. Leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours.
4. Whip eggs to a froth, add the yolks, stir everything and pour in the dough. Same here, add softened butter cut into pieces and sugar.
5. Add 3 more cups flour, sugar and spices. Spices do not regret! For flavor you can add 2 tbsp of brandy or rum, this will give the cake a special taste.
6. Well the dough is put on the delay for 2 hours in a warm place.
7. Slice the candied fruits and dried fruits in small pieces. If you want to cook Christmas cake with dried fruits and nuts, it's time to add nuts, also cut into not very large. Steamed raisins — how appetizing it will be ready to test...
   
   
   
8. Knead the dough again. Grease the form of oil, put in her dough and leave to rise in a warm for 1 hour. Bake the cake at 180 degrees for approximately 45-50 minutes.
   
   
   
9. You can decorate your Christmas cake the beaten egg whites and nuts, but you can just coat the dough with egg yolk before you put it in the oven.
   
   
   

You can also melt the marshmallows with a small amount of water in the microwave and decorate a cupcake on top! Will be bright and very unusual. Nuts and any dried fruit also go in the process of decorating!





Red wine, hot chocolate, cocoa, coffee or tea with any drinks this lush cake would fit in perfectly. A traditional Christmas — even better!





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The author

Alexander Klimchuk Since childhood, interested in medicine, grew up in a family of doctors. Knows how to make a fancy Breakfast out of nothing, is not afraid to experiment in the kitchen, making pies without flour, low-fat mayonnaise, healthy sweets. Never give up and believes that people are created to help each other! In all its domestic Affairs the assistant to the son Sasha. Alexandra's favorite book — "the Art of loving" by E. Fromm.