Easter cake with orange zest and raisins
10 servings
60 minutes
Valery Chigarnov, chef of the restaurant "L.E.S.", shared the recipe with us.
1
Pour warm milk into a deep bowl and dissolve fresh yeast in it. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of flour.
- Milk: 100 ml
- Fresh yeast: 20 g
- Sugar: 100 g
- Wheat flour: 350 g
2
Mix all the ingredients and set aside in a warm place for 10-15 minutes.
3
Add 2 eggs and half a cup of flour and mix with a whisk until smooth.
- Chicken egg: 2 pieces
- Wheat flour: 350 g
4
In another bowl, mix the dough for the kulich. Melt the butter in the microwave on low power, combine it with sugar and vanilla sugar. Leave 1 teaspoon of butter for greasing the paper molds.
- Butter: 120 g
- Sugar: 100 g
- Vanilla sugar: 1 teaspoon
5
Next, separate the egg whites from the yolks and add the yolks to the bowl with butter and sugar. Mix well.
- Egg yolk: 2 pieces
6
Pour the mixture into the bowl with the dough and mix everything together.
- Wheat flour: 350 g
7
Sift the second cup of flour into a large bowl and add it to the other ingredients. Knead the dough.
- Wheat flour: 350 g
8
Leave the bowl with the dough in a warm place for about an hour.
9
When the dough for the kulich rises three times, add raisins and orange zest, knead and mix again.
- Raisins: 120 g
- Orange zest: 1 piece
10
Grease each mold with butter and fill the batter about one third full. Wait for the batter to rise a second time.
- Butter: 120 g
11
Bake the kulich in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 40–45 minutes.
12
Whip the egg whites, powdered sugar, and lemon juice in a separate bowl.
- Egg white: 1 piece
- Icing sugar: 200 g
- Lemon juice: 0.5 teaspoon
13
Apply icing to the cooled kulich.
14
Optionally decorate with sprinkles, nuts, or chocolate crumbs.
