Things You'll Need:
- Colored sugar in purple, green and yellow
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Step 1
Dissolve the yeast. Combine the dry yeast with warm water in small bowl. Set aside.
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Step 2
Create flour mixture. Combine flour, sugar and salt in large bowl. Add nutmeg and lemon peel and mix thoroughly. Make a "well" in the center and prepare to add wet ingredients.
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Step 3
Begin making the dough. Pour the yeast and water mixture and ½ cup milk into the well.
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Step 4
Add the eggs. Beat the 3 whole eggs and 4 egg yolks then pour into the well.
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Step 5
Begin combining. Take a large wooden spoon and start pushing dry ingredients into the well, slowly combining and forming a dough.
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Step 6
Add the butter. Add ½ cup butter to the mixture in chunks, and mix well. Transfer dough to a food processor to combine completely.
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Step 7
Knead the dough. Remove dough from food processor and begin kneading on a floured surface. Add spoonfuls of flour until dough becomes elastic.
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Step 8
Transfer dough to a bowl. Butter the inside of a medium sized bowl and transfer dough to rest. Leave for 1½ hours until dough has doubled in size.
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Step 9
Prepare baking sheet. Brush a baking sheet with butter and set aside.
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Step 10
Prepare dough for baking. Knead the dough down to size, and shape into a long tube. Turn it into a ring on the baking sheet, and insert the coin or doll somewhere in the ring.
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Step 11
Let dough rise a second time. Leave the dough to rise again for 55 minutes.
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Step 12
Make egg mixture. Mix together one egg with tablespoon of milk and set aside.
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Step 13
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Step 14
Brush egg mixture onto dough.
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Step 15
Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Leave cake to cool on a wire rack and prepare the icing.
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Step 1
Prepare the icing. Mix the sugar and lemon juice thoroughly.
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Step 2
Add water. Add water to mixture, one tbs. at a time until mixture becomes stiff. Icing should be easy to pour.
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Step 3
Pour icing over cake. Pour icing over entire cake and let it drip down the sides.
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Step 1
Add purple to the cake by sprinkling directly on icing.
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Step 2
Add yellow to the cake by sprinkling directly on icing.
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Step 3
Add green to the cake by sprinkling directly on icing in stripes.









Comments
SharaA said
on 1/24/2009 Sure would love to make this, what are the measurements for the ingredients?