Baking a traditional Italian Christmas cake

Italian muffins They are famous all over the world, nowhere else is such a soft, lush, fragrant pastry cooked. Luxury bread is baked at Christmas, Easter, and any festive feasts. I was excited about the idea to create at home this delightful example of bakery art, I had to try more than one recipe.

Christmas cake with dried fruit It will be great if you follow the recipe exactly. Pay attention to the quality of the products used!

An important nuance: Christmas cake is better cooked in advance, so that it stands for several days and is saturated with the aromas of dried fruits. After 2-3 days it can be cut! A great idea is to give your favorite friends a solid slice of holiday cake wrapped in a beautiful package!





Christmas cake with dried fruit Ingredients

• 800g flour
• 1 tbsp milk
• 1.5 tables of sugar
• 40g fresh yeast
• 150g butter
• 3 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 2/3 tbsp candied
• 150g raisins
• 150g dried
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 0.5 tsp cardamom
• 1 tbsp grated lemon or orange peel
• 2 bags of vanilla sugar

Preparation

1. Rub the yeast with 2 tbsp of sugar. Add to them 3-4 tbsp. l of warm milk. Add 2 tbsp flour here, mix well. Leave the mass for about 15 minutes until small bubbles appear on its surface.
   
   
   
2. Ask for 2 tbsp flour in a bowl. Pour warm milk into the flour, mix well. The mass at this stage should be viscous! Add the prepared yeast to it.
3. Carefully stir the dough to a homogeneous state. Leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 1-2 hours.
4. Beat the eggs in the foam, add the yolks, stir everything and pour it into the dough. Here, add softened butter, sliced in pieces, and sugar.
5. Add another 3 tbsp flour, sugar and spices. Don't spare spices! For the fragrance, you can add 2 tbsp. l. cognac or rum, this will give the cupcake a special taste.
6. Put the well-mixed dough in a warm place for 2 hours.
7. Cut the candied and dried fruit in small pieces. If you want to cook. Christmas cakeIt is time to add nuts, also cutting them not very large. Steamed raisins - how appetizing it will be in the finished dough...
   
   
   
8. Mix the dough again. Oil the mold, place the dough in it and leave it to rise warm for another 1 hour. Bake a cupcake at a temperature of 180 degrees about 45-50 minutes.
   
   
   
9. You can decorate a Christmas cake with whipped protein and nuts, or you can simply lubricate the dough with the yolk before placing it in the oven.
   
   
   

You can also melt marmalade with a little water in the microwave and decorate it with a cupcake on top! It will be bright and very unusual. Nuts and any dried fruit will also be used in the process of decoration!





With red wine, hot chocolate, cocoa, coffee or tea - with any drink, this lush cupcake will go well. And with traditional Christmas, even better!





This one Christmas cake Be your favorite, I promise! Tell your friends about it, before the holidays they will appreciate it.