Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, roscón de reyes - spanish christmas cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This is the day that families get together for a huge feast, unwrap presents (brought by the Three Wise Men/Kings), and head out to watch a parade of elaborately-decorated floats. Great recipe for Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake. Roscón means "cake in the shape of a crown" and de reyes means "kings", which gives us "crown of the kings".

Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook roscón de reyes - spanish christmas cake using 24 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake:

1. Take Preferment
2. Make ready 1/2 cup (120 ml) warm milk
3. Make ready 4 g instant dry yeast
4. Prepare 1 tsp sugar
5. Prepare 2 tsp bread flour
6. Take 💕For The Dough
7. Take 4 cups (440 g) bread flour
8. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
9. Prepare 50 g sugar
10. Prepare 120 ml milk
11. Make ready 3 eggs
12. Prepare Zest of an orange
13. Prepare 15 ml vanilla extract
14. Prepare 1 tsp orange blossom water
15. Take 60 g soft unsalted butter
16. Get 💕Fillings
17. Make ready 2 cups Pearl sugar (I used 80g)
18. Take 150 g dried apricots
19. Make ready 1/2 cups dried cranberries (soaked with 50ml Rum or orange)
20. Take 💕For the decoration
21. Take 1 egg yolk
22. Make ready 30 ml milk
23. Make ready 30 g almond flakes
24. Take 30 g pearl sugar

Roscón De Reyes - Spain's Christmas Cake. Here in Spain, it's not usual to bake a Christmas cake, but there is one cake that every household will enjoy over the Christmas period - the Roscón de Reyes, or "The ring of the Kings.". Thermomix Roscón de Reyes / Roscón de Pascua (Spanish Christmas or Easter cake) is traditional of both Christmas and Easter. Come December every year, I am always asked the same question: do you know a good recipe for Roscón de Reyes?

Steps to make Roscón de reyes - Spanish Christmas Cake:

1. In a smaller bowl, Stir the yeast into the lukewarm milk & flour. Cover & let it double in size. (1)
2. For the dough: In a standing mixing bowl with a dough hook, add flour, sugar, salt & (1), milk, eggs. Mix for about 10 minutes until the dough becomes fluffy. Meanwhile put orange zest, vanilla, butter and knead well until the dough is smooth & elastic. To enhance orange flavor, add a tsp of orange blossom water. Place the dough in a bowl, cover and leave in a moderately warm place to double in size.
3. Turn the dough out onto a surface and knead for 3-4 minutes. - Flour the surface and roll the dough out to about 60 cm x 12 cm (24"x 5"). Sprinkle sugar, dried apricots, cranberries. Roll the dough very carefully. With a knife, cut the dough in half. Put one side over & over & make like a braid.
4. Transfer the dough into a greased pan. Let the dough rest about 30 minutes then brush with egg mixture. Sprinkle pearl sugar on top of it.
5. Preheat the oven at 170oC. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 25-30 minutes – check after 15 minutes and cover with aluminum foil if the top gets too dark. The roscón should get a nice golden color on top. Take out of the oven and let cool down completely. Best served warm.

And unfortunately I don't, I am not very good at baking (at eating cake I am brilliant though). In Spain and across the Spanish-speaking world, it's Roscón de reyes or rosca de reyes. Epiphany, or the feast of the three kings, is special in Spain. Traditionally, that's when Spanish children receive their gifts, delivered by the Magi rather than Father Christmas. This upbeat Epiphany carol captures the spirit of the celebration well.

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