It does not always have the time, desire and means to cook a lot of Easter cakes. Most recipes for cakes will take at least five or six eggs, and some - even 40. On the other hand, can be found on Easter cakes recipe, which takes only three or four eggs. Cooking time is also much less, only about 1, 5-2 hours. So hasty preparing yeast dough. It is possible to put the same additives as in classical kulichnoe dough, but in smaller numbers. Fast and frugal cake is usually prepared with raisins and vanilla Vanilla: sweet tenderness .

What can be considered as cakes and what is not

Dough on cakes prepared with lots of eggs and butter, sour cream Smetana: untold riches of Russian cuisine Sugars. It is unusual for yeast dough. A large amount of sugar, the more eggs and cream making hard dough. Is a risk that the dough does not quite fit, and in the oven propechetsya only a thin outer layer. But the centuries-old culinary practices gave amazing recipes test cakes. It is special, it seems in many ways to the batter for cupcakes. At the same time, the cake - it's not cake, and certainly not a simple bread. Many of the cakes that are sold in stores before Easter, made from sweet yeast dough, at best, of the biscuit. In appearance they are in no way inferior to the present cakes, but cakes delicious, aromatic, long stored. Therefore it is better to bake a cake at home, then it will definitely be present.

If you examine the test cakes recipes, you'll find that in addition to the classic yeast used in ancient recipes protein and almond paste. A cost-effective option bezoparnym of dough known as' Easter bread. " It does not put a lot of supplements, but decorated in the same way as regular cakes. White glaze of proteins and sugars, sprinkles and colored letters XB. Easter bread is stored for about a week and the quality of the test, the taste and flavor is not very different from other cakes. This cake has a dense fibrous dough that tastes do not dry as a biscuit, soft and easy, what will not be a simple dough for bread.

The cake in the pan

In the preparation of cakes will take an hour and a small amount of food is enough for one big "family cake." These cakes are usually baked not in the high sheet metal forms, and in a pot poprizemistee. It turns cake Easter cakes - an ancient recipe, but checked   with the tip of a large area, which will take a lot of sweet glaze. Therefore, the most valuable part of the cake should be enough for everyone. Find the form for family cakes even easier than conventional high. Perfect enameled saucepan volume of one to two liters. Oiled paper on the walls spread so that the edges of the shapes were 3-5 cm.

Needed: one sachet of dried yeast, three eggs, 800 g of flour, 150 ml of milk, 70 g of margarine, 50 g of sugar, salt and water. To prepare the dough used to heat the milk. One half teaspoon of sugar, salt and same bag yeast was dissolved in 50 ml of warm water, mixed with milk and 200-250 g of flour. Whisking until smooth and insist until bubbles appear. Then eggs were added, the remaining sugar, melted margarine, salt, and flour. The dough should not get too steep. The dough is kneaded and allowed to stand for 10-15 minutes in a warm place to increase twofold. He punched give up a little and knead again for the second time. At this point, you can add raisins. The spread dough shape so that it occupied half of the volume. Oven temperature of 400 degrees the first 15 minutes, reduced to 350 for the remaining 40 minutes of baking.

As you can see, the technology of preparation of the dough for a quick cake is very similar to how to make the dough for the usual cake. Traced the main stages: preparation of sourdough, two periods of lifting and kneading dough. Raisins are added at the end, so it does not weigh the dough and did not interfere with his approach. The difference is that the dough added whole eggs and egg yolks and whites are not individually. Also, do not use cream. If you want to cook more than cakes, all products need to take more, but the yeast - a little less. For double volume of 1, 5 sachets for triple - 2-2, 5, and so on.

The recipe does not mention the products that are needed to prepare the glaze. It should be enough protein and one cup of sugar. But it is better to take a pair of proteins and beat them with a mixer in a solid foam with powdered sugar. The foam will form on top of the cake with a thick layer that can be applied unevenly. This cloud is then sprinkle with finely colored powder. But you can do otherwise, and cook for cake decorations from dough. To leave this part of the test, which is laid on top. Easter cake with ornaments made of dough rising in the oven a little worse than without them. It does not necessarily cover the glaze, it is better to grease the oven with top cake topped with whipped egg yolk or vegetable oil.

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