World's best yeast cake
Time
Total preparation time: 1 hr. 45 min.
This Hefezopf is just awesome - really Swabian halt - and can be easily conjured by beginners, only courage!
ingredients
- 250 ml of milk
- 160 g of sugar
- 160 g of butter
- 1 cube of yeast
- 3 eggs
- salt
- 1 kg of flour
- Milk or egg yolks for painting
- sliced almonds and hail sugar
preparation
- Take a pot, add 250 ml of milk, 160 g of sugar and 160 g of butter and heat it to about 30 degrees (so you do not burn your finger) until the butter has melted.
- Then crumble a cube of yeast, add 3 eggs and a tsp of salt to it.
- When the yeast comes in, the mass should not be too hot, otherwise the yeasts will be destroyed! Now it is best to stir in 1 kg flour with the mixer, so that a smooth, smooth dough is produced.
- Keep the dough protected from drafts in a warm place for 1 hour. I always do that in the oven - just warm up a bit and then turn it off again - that's the best thing for such a bitchy yeast dough!
- A friend of mine wrapped the sealed dough bowl in his blanket and directed the fan heater on it :)
- After an hour, the dough would have grown to double - so think of a bowl that is big enough!
- Now divide the dough into three equal pieces (weigh it out if necessary), roll strands out of them and braid them together into a braid.
- Cover with milk or egg yolk and sprinkle with sliced almonds and sugar.
- Then put it in the oven (the braid should not rise too much, so bake it now). Bake at 170 degrees in a convection oven for about 30 minutes, maximum 35 minutes, otherwise it will dry easily.
- Allow to cool slightly and enjoy the first piece with butter, honey or Marmalade lukewarm immediately!
