Receta Leruth's Kings Cake
Raciónes: 1
Ingredientes
- 2 1/2 pkt Dry yeast, (2 1/2 ounce)
- 1/2 lb Softened butter
- 3 tsp Sugar
- 1/2 c. Lowfat milk, scalded
- 1/2 c. Southern Comfort
- 1/2 Tbsp. Salt
- 3 x Extra large Large eggs
- 3 pt Flour
- 1 x Lemon, grated rind only
- 2 tsp Pure Vanilla extract
- 1 x Plastic baby or possibly red kidney bean
- 1/4 c. Water
- 1 x Egg
- 1/4 c. Boiling water
- 1 Tbsp. Corn Syrup
- 2 1/2 c. Powdered Sugar
- 1 1/2 c. Sugar, divided into 3 parts
- 3/4 ounce Southern Comfort Food coloring: Green, gold, red & blue, (to make purple)
Direcciones
- Dissolve the yeast in 1/2 C. of hot (not warm) lowfat milk with 3 teaspoon sugar in a large mixing bowl. Let rest 5 mins. Add in butter, 1/2 C. Southern Comfort, Large eggs, flour, lemon rind, and vanilla and mix 10-12 min with electric mixer on low speed till blended. This is a straight dough procedure. Allow the dough to rest for 15 min. Chill the dough for 4 hrs.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Return the dough to room temperature. Divide the dough into 3 even pcs. Roll each section into strands of the same length and do a 3-way braid, bringing the ends together to create an oval.
- hot place for 1 hour.
- Mix together 1/4 C water and 1 egg and brush the mix on the dough. Bake on a greased pan 20-25 min. Cold on a rack.
- To make icing, bring water and corn syrup to a boil, add in the powdered sugar. Stir till all sugar is dissolved. Brush this on top of the cooled cake.
- Divide 3/4 ounce. of Southern Comfort into 3 equal parts. Add in one of each of the three food colors (green, gold, purple). Stir each into three separate 1/2 C. of sugar. Stir till color is distributed well into the sugar.
- Sprinkle this over the icing in alternating bands.