Kulich

Easter Cake

Easter Cake,is traditionally only cooked once a year, for Easter.

Easter Cake Recipe Ingredients:

*
4 tablespoons of yeast
* 2 cups of milk or thick cream
* 10 cups of flour
* 15 egg yolks
* 1 1/2 cups of sugar
* 1 1/2 cups of butter
* 1/2 cup of rasins
* 1/2 cup of ground almonds
* 1/2 teaspoon of saffron
* 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
* 15 cardamon seeds
* pinch of salt
* bread crumbs
* 1/2 cup of lemon peel

Easter Cake Instructions:

Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm milk/cream and stir in half the flour. Put this in a warm place so it will rise to about double it's original size.

Add the remaining ingredients (excluding the bread crumbs and lemon peel). Knead the dough until air bubbles form then let it rise again for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Grease a deep round baking dish and sprinkle the insides with the bread crumbs.

Fill half the dish with dough and let it rise by about half again. Once the dough has risen, push the mix back down and bake for at least 1 1/4 hours on 375F.

Once the cake is finished decorate with icing and lemon peel.