CROATIAN EASTER CAKE ("PINCA")

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Croatian Easter Cake (

This is traditional Croatian Easter cake. We usually eat "pinca" on Easter morning. I made it today for the first time (it is actually in the oven right now) so I don't know how it is going to be. I'll submit some photograph later. Anyway, this is how I did it:

Provided by nitko

Categories     < 4 Hours

Time 3h50m

Yield 8 portions, 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

500 g flour (for baking bread)
7 g yeast (instant in package)
125 g butter
100 g sugar (white)
20 g sugar (with vanilla flavor, or 2 packages)
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 egg yolks
150 ml milk
1 teaspoon orange zest (grated)
1 teaspoon lemon zest (grated)
1 teaspoon Cointreau liqueur

Steps:

  • Put into flour yeast package, sugar, salt, yolks, warm butter (about 35°C), and the same warm milk.
  • Make dough out of it using hand first, and than hand mixer. At the very last add orange and lemon zest.
  • Cover with cloth and put into warm place for about 90 minutes or until doubles in size.
  • Take dough and put on board and knead dough ready for baking. Make 4 balls and put them together (2x2). Make cross on each ball with sharp knife.
  • Put on warm place again and wait until doubles in size (about 45 minutes).
  • Put dough into oven. Bake 45 minutes on 180°C
  • After 25 minutes of baking put some scrambled raw eggs over dough and sprinkle crystal white sugar over dough.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 436.5, Fat 16, SaturatedFat 9.2, Cholesterol 119, Sodium 270.7, Carbohydrate 64.3, Fiber 2, Sugar 15.2, Protein 8.8

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