for 1 cake

Yeast dough

500 g	half-white flour
1 ½ tsp	salt
60 g	sugar
½ cube	yeast (approx. 20 g), crumbled
80 g	butter, soft, cut into pieces
3 dl	milk

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.

Shape

Weigh out 10 portions of dough (each approx. 70 g), roll into balls. Press the almond (king) into one of the balls. Shape the remaining dough into a larger ball, place in the centre of a tray lined with baking paper. Evenly space 5 of the balls around it, place the remaining balls next to those to form a star shape. Cover the star and leave to rise for a further 30 mins. Brush with egg, sprinkle with flaked almonds and sugar crystals.

Bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, slide onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.

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