Christmas cake with candied fruits and raisins

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Christmas cake with candied fruits and raisins

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Christmas Cake

Ingredients

375 g flour
salt
50 g sugar
1/2 sachet of vanilla sugar
20 g fresh yeast baker
13 ml of milk
1 whole egg
75 g butter
100 g raisins
100 g of orange and lemon confit
75 g chopped almonds
Supplement: you can add a pinch of cinnamon, ginger and cardamom.
To glaze:
1 egg yolk
For the filling: sugar in unlimited quantities

Details

servings 4
Level of difficulty Easy
Cost Budget Friendly

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 200 ° C (gas mark 6).

Mix the flour, salt, sugar, vanilla sugar and baking powder. Mix all with a tablespoon of warm milk. Then add the remaining milk, egg and softened butter. Make a ball of dough and leave to rise for 2 hours minimum in a place at steady room temperature. Add the raisins, confit fruit and spices (if you chose to).

Step 2

Form an oval bun or round crown, and sprinkle with almonds. Leave to rise for 30 minutes before baking for 1 hour. Brush with milk regularly. To check for doneness prick with a knife: it should come out clean: Dust with icing sugar as desired.