1. Boil 2 cups of milk and make them 150 grams of flour, leave to cool.

2. Dissolve the yeast in warm water, add 2 cups of warm milk, 250 gr flour, 1 tsp sugar and leave for 10 minutes and then mix with the brewed mass. Allow to rise for 1 hour. Coming up the dough mix and check for any remaining lumps. Brewed flour can be lumpy, but sometimes the yeast is able to dissolve. If the lumps still detected, wipe the dough through a sieve or beat with a mixer. Leave the dough on the SECOND approach. Prescription all approaches the test must last 1 hour, so hereafter I don't specify, it all depends on the yeast.

3. Grind sugar into powder. Half of the yolks with half the sugar and pour in the dough. What happened, I always whipped with a mixer, but you can just mix well. Add 450 grams of flour and let rise.

4. The remaining egg yolks and sugar and 2 egg white mix with salt, vanilla, cardamom, zest and cognac. Stir in the yeast mixture and add remaining flour (650 g). Clearly, there is already need a bigger container, I have a 12 litre pot (except for Kulichkova test, never for anything else not used))) Next, pour in melted and cooled butter, fully involving each portion before adding the next. Now knead! As far as enough strength, moral and physical. If you have a mixer with a long screwdriver hooks, it is very useful. It should be noted that the dough is not harmful in any year the strength to knead I was not, but the cakes still turned out incomparable. Leave. A small digression: In the original recipe Pokhlebkin proteins in the dough is not used at all. But it was established experimentally that the addition of a small amount of protein is the cakes good, taste and delicate structure remain the same, but it is possible to cut the finished product, not turning it in to crumbs. Without protein cake just eat with a spoon. The end of the retreat.

5. The dough and add the precipitate washed, dried, and floured raisins. You can then do another proofing, but you can just spread the dough forms.

6. Bakeware very abundantly lubricated with oil. The content of the forms depends on the density of the test: if the dough spreads to fill the third, if a thick – can and half. So, form fill test, give rasstoyatsya cover it with a towel. Bake for about 45 minutes at 190 degrees. I put to bake all the cakes at the same time: both small and bigger, just get them ready. But recommend to everyone to do the same can not: need a good oven and a confidence that everything will work out.

7. The main (I think) the problem – carefully take the finished cakes from the molds, it helps wrapping a hot damp towel form. Leave to cool on the bed, on a double layer of ordinary paper towels, so the cakes didn't soak and not fallen down. The icing on the cakes is not very respected (I think it spoils the taste), and I have to stick confectionery powder. A simple glaze - powdered sugar and orange or lemon juice. In the list of ingredients glaze ingredients do not indicate, because only decorate cakes for the removal of the "picky") for the use of leave as it is. Fully cooled, the cakes are Packed in plastic bags for delivery to family and friends in one piece.

8. The cake tastes better cooked in this recipe I've got only one – from the village brought something incredible, with dimensions 0.5 m*0.5 m*0.5 m. Although, perhaps, the whole secret lay in the baking: the oven has a stove. The recipe is not for lovers of the dough from the bread machine, it takes at least half a day, but rarely get to spend time with SUCH a clear benefit. Try it, the taste of the finished product will be worth all your efforts.

9. And last - don't be afraid!!! Even if Your relationship with yeast dough folded tensely. There is a simple secret to confidence in the result - in the last portion of the flour add a small bag of baking powder. The taste is not affected, and the cakes definitely will not fall off. And, of course, possible to prepare products not only traditional forms))) Well and the last and beautiful in this month: - day of international solidarity of workers! - Happy Easter! - With the upcoming VICTORY DAY! After all, the Victory Banner over the Reichstag... And, as always, Bon appetit)))