Italian Christmas Cake
Italian Christmas cake is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 42 g fresh yeast
- 250 ml milk
- 600 g flour
- 175 g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 6 egg yolks
- 200 g soft butter
- 75 g currants
- 75 g lemon zest
- 75 g orange zest
- 40 ml cognac
- powdered sugar (for dusting)
Instructions
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1.
Crush the yeast and dissolve it in lukewarm milk, then stir in flour, salt, and sugar. Mix well, add egg yolks and butter, and knead everything into a dough; let rise to double size in a warm place (oven 50°C).
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2.
Mix currants, lemon zest, and orange zest with cognac.
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3.
Grease the bottom of a springform pan.
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4.
Cut a 15 cm wide by 50 cm long strip from parchment paper and set it as a rim in the pan.
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5.
Knead the fruit mixture into the yeast dough and then pour the dough into the pan.
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6.
Bake the prepared cake on the lowest rack of a preheated oven at 180°C for about 1½ hours, covering with foil after 1 hour if needed. Remove the finished Panettone and let it cool in the pan.
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7.
Serve by removing from the pan, discarding the paper, and dusting with powdered sugar.
