Italian Christmas Cake
Italian Christmas cake is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 42 g fresh yeast (1 cube)
- 150 ml lukewarm milk
- 1 tsp sugar
- 400 g flour
- 5 egg yolks
- 1 pinch salt
- 150 g soft butter
- 150 g dried fruit (raisins, dates, figs, lemon zest, orange zest)
- 50 g chopped almonds
- butter (for the pan)
- flour (for the pan)
- 1 egg yolk (for brushing)
- powdered sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
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1.
Crumble yeast into a small bowl, stir with sugar and a little milk until smooth, let rest 10 minutes. Add remaining milk, flour, egg yolks, salt and butter, knead into a smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.
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2.
Line an 18-20 cm springform with a wide strip of aluminum foil to create a higher rim. Grease the pan and foil thoroughly and dust with flour.
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3.
Dice dried fruit and fold in with almonds, knead into the dough. Transfer dough to the pan and cover; let rise again for 30 minutes.
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4.
Preheat oven to 200 °C, bake the cake on the lowest rack for about 45 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes, then carefully unmold onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.
