Easter cakes: recipes for the most delicious

As there is no New Year's holiday without a decorated Christmas tree, and is difficult to imagine without the Easter table Easter cakes. Easter cake in each house is baked in its own way. Some cook it according to all the rules, spare no time and energy. Others prefer to use simple Easter recipes.

Traditionally, baking for the Bright Holiday is made from a yeast dough mixed with spices. On how to prepare a delicious Easter cake in this way, we will describe in detail at the beginning of our review.

Usually, the dough for yeast dough is kneaded on milk. Recipes of delicious Easter cakes, which use this ingredient, are presented below.

Kulich "Kubansky" with almonds and raisins

The cake with this recipe turns out to be extraordinarily aromatic, thanks to the fried almonds and vanilla.

Ingredients:

• fresh yeast( 50 g);
• almonds( 100 g);
• milk( 300 ml);
• butter( 300 g);
• sugar( 2 cups);
• vanilla sugar( half a sachet);
• salt( 3/4 tsp);
• raisins( 150 g);
• flour( 1 kg);
• carnations and cardamom( to taste).
  
  
  

Preparation:

1. Heat the milk to room temperature.
2. Yeast crumble with fingers. Pour them into the milk. Stir until they disperse.
3. Pour half of the flour into the mixture in portions. Stir until homogeneity.
4. Cover the dishes with gum and cover them in warmth. Wait until it starts to bubble, and its volume will increase by 2 times.
5. Almond fry. Then grind.
6. Raisen, decarburate and roll in flour.
   In the spit, pour out the proteins with salt and sugar. Mix. Then - melted and cooled oil.
7. Gradually adding the remaining flour, kneading the dough.
8. Stir in the dough cardamom, raisins, cloves and almond crumbs.
9. Place the dough in molds and allow it to stand under the towel 1-1.5 hours.
10. Bake at 180 degrees for about an hour. Cool and cover with frosting.

Aromatic cake with coconut chips

To give the classic recipe a shade of novelty, it is enough to include one special component in it. In this case, the "highlight" of the cake is coconut chips.

Composition:

• butter( 1 pack);
• milk( 500 ml);
• sugar( 3 cups);
• yeast fresh( 100 g);
• raisins( 150 g);
  
  
  
• coconut shavings( 2 tablespoons);
• eggs( 4 pcs.);
• salt( 1 teaspoon);
• wine dessert( 3 tablespoons);
• margarine( 250 g);
• flour( 2 kg).

Preparation process:

1. Dissolve yeast dissolved in warmed to room temperature milk.
2. Add half the flour, mix well. Put the spoon in the heat for fermentation.
3. Proteins separated from proteins. Salt and clean in the refrigerator.
4. Yolks and sugar grind white. Introduce them into a suitable opar.
5. Butter and margarine melt, and then cool( they should become warm).Add to the total mass together with coconut shavings, salt and wine. Mix.
6. Whisk the whites until their volume doubles. Pour a thin trickle into the mass, moving the spoon from top to bottom.
7. Gradually pour in flour, knead soft dough. Put it in a bowl and let it come in warm.
8. Finished dough to mash, add raisins to it and put it into shapes. Leave for an hour.
9. Bake cakes at medium temperature for 60 minutes.

Cake "Monastic" with orange and candied fruit

This recipe will appeal to baking lovers with a strong aroma and bright taste.

Ingredients:

• butter( 200 g);
• milk( 0.5 L);
• flour( 1 kg);
• orange peel 1 dried;
• eggs( 5 pcs.);
• sugar( 350 g);
• raisins( 200 g);
  
  
  
• vanilla sugar( 1 sachet);
• candied fruits( 200 g);
• cognac( 6 tablespoons);
• nuts( 200 g);
• yeast fresh( 50 g).

Preparation:

1. Pour warm milk into a large cup. Shake the yeast into it. Stir until they are completely dissolved. Leave the spoon for 30 minutes.
2. Yolks separated from proteins. Rinse the yolks with sugar. Whip the whites into a foam.
3. Pour the squirrels and yolks alternately into the prepared spoon. After that, add a soft oil, mix well.
4. Gradually pour the flour, knead the dough. Let him come up.
5. When the volume of the test increases significantly, it should be crumpled. Add in it grated zest, cognac, vanilla sugar and raisins. Let the test come up again.
6. The dough is arranged according to the forms. Wait until it rises.
7. Bake cakes at 180 degrees for 15 minutes, and then at 160 for another 40.

Cake "Ukrainian" with saffron on sour cream

This cake is simple in preparation, although it requires considerable time. In addition, thanks to saffron, the baking looks very beautiful on the cut.

Ingredients:

• flour( 1kg 750 g);
• sugar( 1.5 cups);
• yolks( 3 pieces);
• sour cream( 300 g);
  
  
  
• sugar vanilla( 1 sachet);
• refined vegetable oil( 1/4 cup);
• yeast, fresh( 75 g);
• margarine creamy( 125 g);
• saffron.

Preparation:

1. Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add sugar and milk at room temperature. Pour the mixture into the blender.
2. Pour half of the flour into the liquid. Mix until a smooth creamy mass is obtained.
3. Place the mixture in a cup and put in heat for 2 hours.
4. Margarine cut into plates across. Add saffron, yolks, sour cream and vegetable oil. Salt.
5. In the mixture, pour the spoon, mix well. Gradually adding the remaining flour, knead the dough and remove it into heat for 2 hours.
6. In the finished dough, pour out vanilla sugar and prepared raisins. Mix.
7. Put the dough into shapes and leave it for 30 minutes.
8. Beat 2 eggs. Lubricate them with risen cakes. Bake at 200 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

Cream cake "Home"

Due to the added nuts, candied fruits and raisins, this batch not only turns out delicious, but also has a beautiful festive look.

Ingredients:

• cream( 1.5 cups);
• yeast, fresh( 100 g);
• flour( 5 glasses);
• yolks( 8 pieces);Candied fruits( half a glass);
• sugar( 1 glass);
• raisins( half cup);
• salt( 1 teaspoon);
• nuts peeled( half a glass);
• butter( 250 g);
• vanilla sugar( 1 sachet).
  
  
  

Cooking process:

1. Warm the cream so that it becomes warm. Spread yeast in them.
2. Pour half of the flour into the mixture, mix and remove into heat.
3. Yolks grind with butter and sugar. Add the mass to the spoon, along with candied fruits, nuts and scalded boiled water raisins.
4. Add the remaining flour, vanillin and salt to the rest of the test. Knead the soft dough and put it in a warm place. It should add 2 times.
5. Dough the dough and let it come a second time.
6. Put the dough into molds. Give him a lift. Lubricate the custard with whipped egg yolk and bake until done.

Easter cakes on kefir "Delicate"

This recipe is best for small kulichikov, which children like very much. Baking turns out so soft that it will be difficult to extract from a large mold.

Ingredients:

• yeast, fresh( 100 g);
• raisins are light( 300 g);
• flour( 2 kg);
• vanilla sugar( 1-2 packets);
• margarine( 500 g);
• sugar( 600 g);
• kefir high fat content( 1 l);
• vegetable oil refined( 0.5 cup);
• eggs( 8 pcs.);
• vodka( 2-3 tablespoons).
  
  
  

Cooking process:

1. Kefir warmed to room temperature, pour into it crumbled yeast. Add 3 tablespoons of sand and 1 cup of flour. Mix to homogeneity. Allow the sticks to stand for 20 minutes.
2. When the bubbles appear, mix the gum with eggs, vodka and soft margarine. After that, pour out the sugar( vanilla and plain), steamed raisins and flour.
3. Cover the dough and let it come up warm 3 times.
   After the second ascent, add vegetable oil to it. After each rise, knead the dough.
4. Put the dough into molds and wait until it rises. Bake in the oven for about half an hour.

Simple and very tasty cakes can be prepared in a free-form way. On the one hand, the dough, kneaded without opaire, lasts longer. But, on the other hand, most of the time it is cooked without the participation of a cook. Let's take a closer look at the recipe for a holiday cake prepared for baking in this way.

Cake Almond

If you choose easiest Easter cakes among recipes, this one will do the best. Any hostess who has enough spare time will cope with it.

Ingredients:

• flour( 1 kg);
• salt( 0.5 tsp);
• raisins( 150 g);
• eggs( 6 pcs.);
• butter or creamy margarine( 300 g);
• yeast, fresh( 50 g);
• milk( 1.5 cups);
• almonds( 100 g);
• vanilla sugar( half a sachet);
• sugar( 2 cups).

Preparation process:

1. Yeast crumbled into warm milk. Dilute.
2. Place the yolks and proteins in separate cups. Whisk the yolks with sugar. Proteins - with salt. Add them separately in milk with yeast.
3. Melt and cool oil. Add to the rest of the ingredients together with the third part of the flour. Good to mix.
4. Cover the dishes with the dough and leave in a warm place for the whole night.
5. In the morning add vanillin and the remaining flour to the dough. Let him rise again.
6. When the dough is doubled in volume, it contains scalded raisins and crushed peeled almonds.
7. Put the dough into molds and after baking, bake the cakes until cooked.

Relatively fast and delicious cake can be prepared from the custard. According to many experienced housewives, the cake, baked in this way, is the most delicious.

Custard "Custard" with dried apricots and candied fruits

This traditional pastry is sometimes called "royal" for its extraordinarily delicate texture and delicate aroma.

Ingredients:

• dried apricots( 50 g);
• candied fruits( 50 g);
• sugar( 0.5 cup);
• raisins( 100 g);
• eggs( 10 pieces);
• salt( pinch);
• baked oil( 3/4 cup);
• yeast, fresh( 30 g);
• flour( 9 glasses);
• milk( 1.5 cups).

Preparation:

1. Pour 2 tablespoons of milk into a separate bowl. The rest is boiled.
2. In a bowl, pour a half cup of flour. With constant stirring pour in it boiling milk. Cool mixture to room temperature.
3. The remaining milk should be heated( it must be warm, but not hot).Mix it with yeast. Pour the mixture into the brewed cold flour. Put in the heat.
4. Place the yolks and proteins in separate cups. In the yolks pour out the sugar. Good grind. Beat whites in a blender in a stable foam.
5. In the dough which has approached to pour out alternately yolks and fibers. Mix. Give the test to rise again.
6. Dough the dough, pour the melted warm oil into it and pour out the salt. Add the remaining flour, chopped candied fruits and steamed raisins in portions.
7. Put the dough into molds and allow it to stand 30-60 minutes.
8. Bake products at 180 degrees for about 1 hour.

How to make a delicious Easter cake at home, rather than buying it in a store, many working mistresses are thinking.

Easter cake "Ripening" with raisins

Perhaps, it's hard to imagine an easier recipe for Easter cake. In addition to simplicity, it has one more important advantage: there are no eggs in it. In addition, margarine without loss of taste can be replaced by half a glass of vegetable oil. For this reason, the fastest cake is suitable for vegetarians.

Ingredients:

• yeast dry( 10 g);
• butter or margarine( 1 packet);
• salt( 2/3 tsp);
• flour( 550 g);
• sugar( 150 g);
• milk( 1 glass);
• vanillin( at the tip of the knife);
• raisins( 50 g).

Preparation:

1. Pour the yeast and salt into a large bowl. Rub them with your fingers.
2. Pour milk to them, warmed to room temperature. Stir until the yeast dissolves.
3. Add sugar to the mixture and melted and cooled margarine. Mix.
4. Portions pour the flour, knead the soft dough.
5. Cover the bowl with the dough and put it in the refrigerator for 2-6 hours.
6. Finish the dough, add raisins and vanillin to it.
7. Put the dough into molds. After half an hour put the cakes in the oven for 30-50 minutes( depending on the size of the forms).

Cake with raisins( video)

Easter cake

This cake recipe can also be considered one of the easiest. It is perfect for housewives, who are just starting to get acquainted with the yeast test.

Ingredients:

• milk( 1.5 cups);
• flour( 3.5 cups);
• butter( 1 packet);
• yeast is dry( 15 g);
• eggs( 3 pieces);
• sugar( 1 glass);
• raisins( 70 g).

Preparation:

1. Mix the yeast between the fingers and pour out half a glass of warm milk. Stir until they dissolve. Beat with sugar softened oil. Mix it with the remaining warm milk.
2. Add flour to the mixture. Well knead.
3. Pour milk into the dough with yeast. Mix again and leave for 2 hours under the towel.
4. When the dough rises, smash the eggs into it, pour out the raisins. Leave the dough for an hour.
5. Finished dough to mash, expand into molds and give cakes to stand half an hour. Then bake with medium heat until cooked.

Tips for preparing a delicious yeast cake

• Before mixing the dough, the flour needs to be sifted. Then the baking will turn out more magnificent.
• To get a fluffy dough cream and protein should be added immediately before baking. In this case, mix the mass from top to bottom.
• Protein should be beaten cold, and yolk, on the contrary, slightly warmed.
• When mixing dough for a cake, do not put too much sugar in it, otherwise the baking will rise badly.
• To make the cake a beautiful golden color, yolks and proteins must be put into the dough separately. Yolks - at first batch, and proteins - at the very end.
• The steamed raisins must be dried and rolled in starch or flour. Then it is evenly distributed in the test.
• Dough for cakes should be kneaded for at least half an hour, knocking it out with your hands, stretching and folding.
• To make the cake lush, the form should be filled with a test at 1/3 of the height. To get a more dense cake, it's half.
• Forms for cakes should not only be oiled, but sprinkled with flour before baking. In addition, they can be lined with oiled paper or special paper molds.
• To prevent the top of the product from burning during baking, after browning it should be covered with a paper mug dipped in water.
• During baking, the oven can be opened no earlier than half an hour. Otherwise the cake will settle.
• To determine the readiness of the cake, it is necessary to insert a thin wooden beam. If it is dry, the product can be removed. If pieces of dough are stuck to the bead, the middle has not yet been baked.

Over time, many classic recipes undergo changes. Cakes are not an exception. Consider simple recipes of not quite ordinary Easter baking.

Cake "Carrot"

Despite the name, this simple and tasty cake is not vegetarian. Carrots give it a pleasant color and slightly shades the taste of other components.

Composition:

• butter( 100 g);
• carrots( 300 g);
• flour( 1 kg);
• Sugar( 200 g);
  
  
  
• milk( 2 cups);
• eggs( 5 pcs.);
• yeast, fresh( 25 g);
• salt( pinch).

Preparation process:

1. Peeled carrots cut into small pieces of arbitrary size. Allow to cook in a small amount of water.
2. Boil the cooked carrots, rub through a sieve or grind in a blender until mashed.
3. In a bowl with carrots to beat the eggs and pour warm milk. Mix well with a fork.
4. Mix the softened oil and flour with the rest of the ingredients.
5. Yeast to dissolve in several tablespoons of warm water, mixed with sugar and salt. Allow them to stand for 15 minutes and pour into the dough.
6. Wait until it doubles or triples.
7. Place the dough in molds, filling them in half. Wait until its volume is doubled.
8. Bake over medium heat for about an hour.

Spicy cake with spices and cocoa

Although the "adult cake" includes many different ingredients, it can be called one of the easiest.

Ingredients:

• flour;
• milk( 3-4 tablespoons);
• yeast( 50 g);
• rum( 1-2 glasses);
• yolks( 15 pieces);
• sugar( 2 cups);
• red wine( 0.5 cups);
  
  
  
• ground crackers( 0.5 cups);
• cocoa( 100 g);
• cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, tubby;
• candied fruits( 100 g).

Cooking process:

1. In the warmed milk, dissolve the crumbled yeast. Mix with 1.5 cups of flour and leave for 30 minutes.
2. Grind white yolks with sugar. Pour the mixture into a spoon. Mix.
3. In the mixture, pour rum and wine, pour out the cocoa and crackers. To knead.
4. Mix the crushed candied fruits and spices into the dough.
   Keep it warm until it doubles.
5. Squirrels with salt beat in foam. Pour them into the dough that came up.
6. Gradually, adding flour, make the final kneading.
7. Put the dough in a mold and let the cakes rise. Bake at 180 degrees until cooked.

To finish the review of the types of Easter cakes, let us give one more tip. If the home Easter cake is stale, you can return it freshness as follows:

1. Take 50 ml of wine and water. Mix them with 1 tablespoon of sugar. The mixture is heated, but do not bring to a boil.
2. Cut the top of the cake and soak the crumb with hot syrup.
3. Cover the cake with a cut top and wrap it in parchment.
4. Withstand baking in a preheated to 160 degree oven for a quarter of an hour.

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