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Three Kings Cake

Course Breakfast
Cuisine Spanish
Keyword Butter cake, Reyes, Roscón, Three Kings
Prep Time 3 hours
Cook Time 40 minutes
Resting in the fridge 12 hours
Total Time 15 hours 40 minutes
Servings 10 people
Cost 12$

Equipment

  • 1 Bowl
  • Kitchen Aid Optional
  • 1 Pot
  • Fridge
  • Oven

Ingredients

Biga (first dough)

  • 2/3 cup Strong flour
  • 1/4 cup Milk
  • 1 tsp Fresh yeast

Final dough

  • 1 cup Biga 142 g
  • 2 + 1/3 cups Stong flour
  • 1/2 cup White sugar
  • 2 units Eggs
  • 2 tsp Fresh yeast
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/3 cup Butter
  • 1/2 cup Milk
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • Orange and lemon zest
  • 2 tbsp Rum
  • 1+1/2 tbsp Orange blossom

To decorate:

  • 1 unit Egg
  • Sugar or pearl sugar
  • Cendied or fresh fruit

Almond Filling

  • 1+3/4 cups Almond flour
  • 1+1/2 cups Confectioner's sugar  Or granulated sugar.
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 unit Egg

Instructions

  • The night before baking, prepare a biga (preferment) dissolving the yeast in warm milk and adding 90 g of strong flour and let it rest overnight into the fridge covered.
  • Also the night before baking, heat up the milk with the cinnamon stock, the rum, the orange zest and a tablespoon of orange blossom (optional) until it boils. We will need 120 g of the milk for tomorrow’s Three Kings' Cake. Preparing it the day before we are looking to have the best flavor of the ingredients. 
  • Mix the biga (first dough we let rest into the fridge) with the rest of the ingredients: milk, eggs, flour, sugar, yeast and start kneading.
  • Keep kneading until you have a nice dough with all the ingredients and start adding bit by bit the butter while you knead.
  • Knead the dough for at least 20 minutes until you have a nice dough that doesn’t stick to your hands or the kitchen aid.
  • Cover the dough and let it rest for an hour, it will double its volume. 
  • Knead with your hands for 2 minutes the dough and form a ball. 
  • Let the ball rest for 10 minutes. This way will be easier to form your Three Kings' Cake. Now form a big ring and place the filling and the “surprises” in the inside of the dough (optional). 
  • Let the ring rest on your baking tray covered for another hour.
  • Preheat your oven 180º Degrees Celsius (350º Fahrenheit) 
  • Brush your Three Kings' Cake with beaten egg and decorate with pearls sugar, almonds, candied fruits and the ingredients you like.
  • Bake for 30-40 minutes until it browns in the outside but still fluffy. 
  • Let it cool and enjoy your Three Kings' Day.