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Appearance in baking is of top importance, cakes look different but recipe maybe the same! Shape and decoration deceive our sight and sometimes a different shape may also result in a different taste.
I particularly like the idea of an edible basket and I’ve tried several recipes, over the years, I made it using same recipe as for a stand up bunny, which is another must on my table, but this is the one which gives the best result. It’s more like a sweet bread than a real cake.
You can try them both and see which one you like best!
Easter Basket
500g flour
25g yeast
1 glass warm water
1/4 luke warm milk
50g almonds
100 g diced orange and lemon peel
150g raisins
1cl rhum
100g butter (melted)
50g sugar
1 egg
1 pinch salt
grated lemon rind
Combine yeast, sugar and warm water in small bowl, whisk until yeast is dissolved. Cover bowl, stand in warm place about 10 minutes or until mixture is frothy.
Combine fruit and almond with rhum in small bowl. Cover stand 30 minutes.
Place flour in large bowl, make well in the centre and add yeast mixture. Make a small dough. Cover and stand about 15 minutes. Add melted butter salt, egg, salt and lemon rind. Beat dough vigourously. Stand about 20 minutes. Stir in almonds and fruit. Cover and stand further 15 minutes. Grease a round shaped pan. Place dough. Put a small round saucepan in centre. Bake at 180° about 40 minutes. Remove saucepan after 20 minutes.
When basket is still hot melt 25g butter, brush top of basket and sprinkle with 25g sugar.
I’ve found it difficult to find the right mould for the basket and even more difficult to make it hollow inside! After many trials I got it right!
I made a small Easter wreath with some leftover dough!
Stand up Bunny
1 egg
70 g butter or margarine
70 g sugar
a pinch of salt
90 g flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
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