I love making and eating fresh yeast cakes. I think it´s because the whole making & rising process is so magical. The dough seems to be really alive and responds to every gentle touch with cute air bubbles and beautiful softness. I made this cake with raisins only and ate it as an snack with coffee. I like it plain and slightly warm, but adding a small dollop of butter or jam never hurts. The original recipe is for “The Pioneer Woman`s” cinnamon rolls, which are really epic and I´ve made them so often than I could recite the whole recipe in the middle of the night. I´ve made few changes, because the original recipe makes A LOT of rolls. The adding of baking powder and soda makes the dough unbelievably fluffy and soft. It´s my favorite recipe and I couldn’t imagine my life without this dough anymore. Yes, it´s really that good. Normally, the dough should turn out snowy white (when you use all purpose flour), but I used maple syrup instead of sugar, so it´s a little darker, but feel free to use any sweetener you like! Happy Easter!!!
Ingredients:
Enjoy!
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/3 cups milk (I used rice milk)
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup sugar
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 package of active dry yeast
- pinch of salt
- Mix the lukewarm milk with sugar and oil. Add your yeast.
- Take 1/3 cup of your flour, mix in the baking powder, baking soda and salt and set the mixture aside.
- Add your milk with the dissolved yeast to the remaining 2 2/3 cups of flour and mix everything until combined. Now, knead the dough with your hands or a dough maker to make a soft, smooth and elastic ball of dough.
- Cover with a towel and let rise for 1 hour or until the dough doubles its size.
- After 1 hour, remove the towel and add the remaining 1/3 of flour with baking powder, soda and salt, which you put aside earlier. Stir thoroughly to combine.
- Place the dough into a cake form or form any shape you like and put on a baking sheet.
- Let rise for another 45min.
- Put in the oven (180°C) and bake for 25-30min. or until golden-brown.
Enjoy!