Kitchen appliances and utensils:
- oven;
- kitchen stove;
- a baking sheet;
- Libra;
- sieve;
- tea spoon;
- tablespoon;
- 2 deep bowls;
- mixer;
- blender (for large cottage cheese);
- small pan;
- kitchen thermometer;
- molds for baking cakes.
Ingredients
Product | amount |
water | 20 ml |
chicken eggs | 2 pcs. + 1 pc. (protein) |
sugar | 325 g |
soft cottage cheese | 180 g |
vegetable oil | 1-2 tbsp. l |
vanillin | ¼ tsp |
baking powder or soda | ½ tsp |
Wheat flour | 140-160 g |
raisins, nuts | handful |
pastry topping | handful |
salt | pinch |
Step cooking
Kulichi
- In a deep bowl, use a mixer to beat 2 eggs and a pinch of salt to form a lush foam.
- Then, continuing to beat the egg mixture, add 250 g of granulated sugar in several stages. Beat the mixture until its mass increases several times. Then add ¼ tsp. To the bowl. vanillin.
- Next, add 180 g of soft cottage cheese to the egg with sugar and salt, and then beat again. Cottage cheese can also be used ordinary, but then it needs to be wiped through a sieve or killed with a hand blender to get rid of unnecessary lumps. If you prefer fat cottage cheese, then you can not add vegetable oil, if the dairy product has a fat content of 0-5%, add a few tablespoons of sunflower oil.
- Sift 140-160 g flour and ½ tsp into a separate container. baking powder. If you use soda instead of baking powder, you can not extinguish it.
- Dry ingredients must be added to the egg and cottage cheese in several stages, and then carefully moved to break the lumps. The dough should turn out soft and slightly viscous.
- Add a handful of raisins and walnuts to the dough. If desired, candied fruit or any other dried fruit can be added.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. While it is heating, take 3 medium tins, grease them with oil and fill with dough 1/3 or half.
- Bake easter cakes for 45-50 minutes, and then cool on a wire rack.
Glaze
- While the cakes are cooling down, you can do the glaze preparation. Beat 1 protein with a pinch of salt, the mass should not turn out too dense.
- Pour 20 ml of water into a small pan, add 75 g of sugar to it and bring the mixture to a boil, then boil it to 116 degrees.
- Pour freshly prepared syrup with continuous whipping into protein and salt, and then beat the mixture for another 1-2 minutes. This time is quite enough for the preparation of the glaze of the desired consistency.
- Now you can start decorating Easter cakes. Dip each cake into a glaze and sprinkle them with confectionery powder or candied fruit. If the glaze is thick enough, streaks on the sides of the cakes can be made using a silicone brush or a small spoon.
Video recipe
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