New year special bread cake recipe
Ingredients:
For the dough:
- 2 eggs
- 4 tablespoons of sugar
- 400 ml warm milk
- 1 packet dry yeast (7g)
- 100 ml oil
- 780 g flour (adjust depending on the size of the eggs)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 70 g well-softened butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar (for butter)
- Peel of 1 orange
- Handful of raisins, blueberries, walnuts, or any dried fruit/nuts of your choice
For brushing:
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon milk
For serving:
Powdered sugar for sprinkling
Directions:
- In a large bowl, mix eggs, sugar, and warm milk together.
- Sprinkle dry yeast over the mixture and allow it to activate for 10 minutes.
- Add oil, softened butter, and orange peel to the yeast mixture.
- Gradually add the flour and salt, mixing until the dough comes together.
- Knead the dough on a floured surface until it becomes smooth and elastic.
- Add the dried fruits and nuts and knead again until evenly distributed.
- Cover the dough with a clean kitchen towel and let it rise in a warm place for about 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
- Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).
- Once the dough has risen, punch it down and shape it into a cake or bread loaf.
- Place it on a greased baking pan.
- Brush the top with the egg yolk and milk mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Allow the cake to cool, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Serve and enjoy!