Yeast Cake
From Yossi Farjoun's Homepage
This recipe is due to Iza, Dani's Wachs's Aunt.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups flour
- 2 eggs, separated
- 3/4 cup + 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 packet yeast
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp (?) cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
Directions:
- proof the yeast in the milk, water and teaspoon of sugar
- mix the egg yolks, flour, 1/2 cup sugar, salt together in a bowl, let rise a few hours chilled
- after dough rises, beat the eggs whites with the sugar and cinnamon
- spread out the dough into a "leaf" and spread the whip on the dough
- roll the leaf and cut into 2 cylinders and place with spiral facing up in pan (baking pan with hole is best)
- preheat oven to 350F/170C
- let rise for 1/2 an hour and bake for another 1/2 hour or so
(this is verbatim from Iza, without testing. please try and adjust as needed!)
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