Yeast Cake with Fruits and Crumble

Yeast Cake with Fruits and Crumble

Yeast cake with crumble and seasonal fruits is an ideal sweet addition to your favorite coffee or tea.

Ingredients

Starter:

  • Fresh yeast: 50 grams
  • Milk: 1/2 cup
  • Sugar: 1 teaspoon
  • All-purpose flour: 4 tablespoons

Cake:

  • All-purpose flour: 500 grams
  • Eggs: 2
  • Sugar: 150 grams
  • Butter: 100 grams
  • Fine sea salt: 1/2 teaspoon
  • Vanilla sugar: 1 tablespoon
  • Fruits: 500 grams (e.g., berries, peaches, plums)

Crumble:

  • All-purpose flour: 100 grams
  • Powdered sugar: 50 grams
  • Butter: 50 grams

Preparation

Starter:

  1. Crumble the yeast into a bowl, mix with milk (reserve a bit of milk to melt the butter), add flour and 1 teaspoon of sugar.
  2. Set aside in a warm place. The yeast mixture should rise and become frothy, taking about 15 minutes.

Cake:

  1. Melt the butter with the remaining milk.
  2. Beat the eggs with sugar using a mixer.
  3. In a large bowl, sift the flour, add the risen yeast mixture, beaten eggs, milk with butter, salt, and vanilla sugar.
  4. Knead the dough thoroughly, incorporating air into it (you can use a mixer with dough hooks).
  5. Lightly flour the dough, cover, and let it rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
  6. Wash the fruits, cut into smaller pieces, and drain well.
  7. Spread the dough in a baking pan lined with parchment paper (39.5×23.5 cm), place the fruits on top, and let it rise in a warm place.

Crumble:

  1. Mix powdered sugar, flour, and butter with your fingers until it resembles “wet sand.”
  2. Sprinkle the risen cake with the crumble mixture before baking.

Baking:

  1. Bake the cake in a well-preheated oven (preferably on the second rack from the bottom) at 180-190°C (356-374°F) for about 45 minutes, until the crumble is lightly golden.

TIP: If the yeast doesn’t rise (possibly due to milk being too cold), you can place the bowl with the starter in a larger bowl filled with hot water. Wait until the starter begins to react, then remove it from the hot water and let it rise in a warm place.

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