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King cake
Recipe for the Roscón de Reyes (King cake), traditional on January 6.
Course
Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine
Spanish
Keyword
King cake
Prep Time
1
hour
hour
30
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
50
minutes
minutes
Servings
10
serves
Calories
319.9
kcal
Ingredients
500
g
strength flour
25
g
fresh yeast
80
g
sugar
200
ml
milk
warm
2
egg
1
tbsp
orange blossom water
1
zest
lemon
100
g
butter
candied fruit
almond
filleted
2
tbsp
sugar
moistened
Instructions
Put the flour in a bowl and make a hole in the center.
Warm the milk and dissolve the yeast in it.
Add the sugar to the flour and the milk with the yeast. Stir a bit.
The add, in this order and mixing as you go: the eggs, the orange blossom water and the lemon zest.
Continue mixing until the flour is almost completely integrated.
Add the butter cut into pieces and knead until you get an uniform dough.
Form a ball and let it rest, covered, until it doubles in volume.
Knead lightly again, just to remove the air, form the ring-shaped cake and place it onto a roasting pan.
Paint with beaten egg and let settle until it doubles its size again. It is better in a warm place (the oven at 40º-50ºC)
Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
Paint the cake again with beaten egg and decorate with frosted fruits, flaked almonds and moistened sugar.
Bake at 200ºC for 20 minutes.
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Nutrition
Calories:
319.9
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
48.16
g
|
Protein:
8.02
g
|
Fat:
10.48
g
|
Saturated Fat:
5.91
g
|
Trans Fat:
0.33
g
|
Cholesterol:
56.24
mg
|
Sodium:
94.36
mg
|
Potassium:
106.34
mg
|
Fiber:
1.41
g
|
Sugar:
11.59
g
|
Vitamin A:
330.87
IU
|
Vitamin C:
0.13
mg
|
Calcium:
38.14
mg
|
Iron:
0.7
mg