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King Cake AKA Roscon de Reyes
Seeking a sweet treat for Three Kings Day that makes hearts race? Check out this Roscon de Reyes recipe that will put a smile on any face!
Equipment
- Ø12" / Ø30cm baking tray or equivalent square one
Ingredients
Base
- 200 g Milk
- 15 g Fresh yeast
- 500 g Flour
- 150 g Eggs
- 100 g Butter softened
- 3 g Salt
- 20 g Honey or sweetener of choice optional
Filling
- 40 g Cinnamon
- 20 g Honey or sweetener of choice
- 200 g Dried fruit mixture
Icing
- 10 G Flour
- 5 g Vanilla aroma
- 20 g Honey
- 100 g Milk
- 25 g Butter
- 50 g Dried fruit mixture
Instructions
- In a cup, combine the warm (not hot!) milk and the yeast. Stir to blend. Let it stand for 5 minutes. If it gets foamy don't worry it's normal. In a large bowl, mix the 4 cups of flour, 2 eggs, yeast and milk mixture, softened butter, the pinch of salt and the honey very well until the dough gathers into a ball. If the dough is too sticky, add some additional flour until it separates from the edge of the bowl, a little at a time if needed to form a soft dough.
- Cover the bowl and leave it in a warm place for about 45 minutes to rise.
- Meanwhile cut dried fruit and prepare cinnamon and honey for the filling.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until it's smooth and elastic, leave it out for about 10 minutes, covered with a kitchen towel.
- Cover the flat dough with the cinnamon and optionally honey.
- When it's done sprinkle the dried fruit evenly on it.
- Roll it up.
- Shape it into a ring, sealing the ends together. Do this on a baking pan or on a baking paper so we can slide the whole thing easily into a baking tray.
- Carefully transfer the dough ring to the prepared baking pan.
- Make 1″ / 2.5cm long cuts on the outside of the ring. In this case 17.
- If the ring seems too tight we can always take a couple of pieces out and rearrange the ring. This will allow the dough more space to raise.
- Optionally brush the top with egg yolks.
- Put it into the 350°F / 180°C preheated oven and bake it for half an hour. Check if it's baked with a tooth pick or needle. Put it back if needed.
- Prepare icing in a cup combine flour, vanilla, honey and some milk. Mix them until smooth. Put butter and the rest of the milk into a small pan and heat it.
- Pour the content of the cup into the pan, mix them together evenly. Then pour the mixture on top of the cake.
- Sprinkle dried fruit on top to decorate.
Notes
It's a lovely dessert whenever we feel like spoiling the family our looking something to nibble with our coffee.
