King’s cake

Name: King’s cake
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 170 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 500 g white flour; 4 tbsp sugar; ½ cube yeast; 2 tbsp flaked almonds; 2 tbsp decorating sugar; 80 g butter; 3 dl milk; 1 eggs; 1 almonds; 1 ½ tsp salt

Total: 2 hr 50 min. | Active: 20 min.

vegetarian

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A fresh homemade Three Kings' cake tastes divine! Even if you don't end up with the bun containing the king on the 6th of January. Try this sweet yeast bread with sugar crystals – it's royally good!

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Ingredients

for 1 cake

Yeast dough
500 g	white flour
1 ½ tsp	salt
4 tbsp	sugar
½ cube	yeast (approx. 20 g), crumbled
80 g	butter, soft
3 dl	milk

To shape
1	almond
1	egg, beaten
2 tbsp	flaked almonds
2 tbsp	decorating sugar

How it's done

Yeast dough

Mix the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a bowl. Add the butter and milk, knead into a soft, smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 1½ hrs. until doubled in size.

To shape

Weigh out 8 portions of dough at approx. 70 g each, shape into balls, placing the almond (king) into one of the balls. Shape a large ball from the remaining dough, place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and place the small balls evenly around the large one, cover and leave to rise again for approx. 30 minutes. Brush with egg yolk, sprinkle with almond flakes and sugar crystals.

Bake

Bake for approx. 30 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, place on a cooling rack and allow to cool.

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