Babka Wielkanocna

Name: Babka Wielkanocna
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 500g bread flour; 200g sugar; 7g yeast; 5 egg yolks; 100ml warm milk; 150g butter, softened; zest of 1 lemon; zest of 1 orange; 100g raisins; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Polish Easter yeast cake studded with raisins, fragrant with citrus zest and vanilla — a festive centrepiece.

Total time

75 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Polish

Vegetarian

Ingredients

500gbread flour

200gsugar

7gyeast

5egg yolks

100mlwarm milk

150gbutter, softened

zest of 1lemon

zest of 1orange

100graisins

1 tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Dissolve yeast in warm milk with 1 tsp sugar. Rest 5 minutes.

Beat yolks and sugar until pale. Add softened butter, vanilla, zests.

Gradually add flour and yeast mixture. Knead 10 minutes. Fold in raisins. Prove 1.5 hours.

Transfer to a greased bundt tin. Prove 45 more minutes.

Bake at 180°C for 40–45 minutes. Cool then dust with icing sugar.