Grandma's cake

Description

This recipe for more than 50 years. My mom got it from grandma. I must say that it will have to Tinker, but the result is worth it! Baking is a delicious, airy and very stale. Cakes delicious custard covered with a protein coating. Reveal a family secret...

Ingredients

Flour

500 g
Milk

1 cup
Cream

0.5 cup
Sugar

150 g
Chicken egg

5 piece
Sour cream

50 g
Yeast

2 tsp
Butter

50 g
Raisins

100 g
Salt

0.333 tsp
Turmeric

0.333 tsp
Vanilla

0.25 tsp
Orange zest

1 tsp

Cooking

All products must be at room temperature. Pour boiling milk with 1/2 Cup of flour, grind thoroughly. Allow to cool completely.

Measure 2 teaspoons of dry yeast TM "SAF-time"

In warm cream add a teaspoon of sugar and a teaspoon of flour, stir and add yeast.

Put in a warm place and wait for the beanie on top, in the form of foam.

Pour the activated yeast into the cooled custard a lot.

Stir and allow to rise the dough in a warm place.

Separate the whites from the yolks, leave the whites for icing, and mix the egg yolks with salt, sugar and sour cream.

Add turmeric, vanilla and orange zest.

Pour the dough coming up in the yolk mass.

Add 200 g of flour, mix thoroughly and allow to rise.

To the remaining flour add the previously washed and drained raisins. Half can be replaced with candied fruits. Mix well.

Add approached the dough softened butter

and the flour with the raisins. Knead a soft dough.

Cover the dough with a towel and place in a warm place away from drafts.

Coming up the dough again, knead well and leave in a warm place. If necessary, add more flour.

Meanwhile, grease muffin tin with melted margarine. If you use paper molds, then oiling is not necessary.

Coming up the dough again, knead on the table, divide into pieces and lay on the molds. The dough should fill 1/3 of the mold. Cover with a towel and give a good rise.

Bake at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes depending on your oven and the size of the cakes.

While the cakes are cooling, prepare protein custard cream. This cream can even decorate cakes. On a half - Cup of protein to take a Cup of sugar. Pour sugar into a saucepan, add 1/3 Cup of water and boil to test "soft ball".

"Soft ball" is when a drop of syrup, dropped the spoon in cold water, rolled into a soft ball.

At the same time, beat egg whites in a solid foam.

Without stopping whisking, pour a thin stream of boiling syrup. Beat until strong peaks, at the end, add a pinch of citric acid.

Coat cakes with glaze and sprinkle with sprinkles or colored sugar. I'm still on top decorated with flowers from sugar mastic.

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