Sweet Christmas bread

June 23, 2008 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)
Sweet christmas bread

Sweet Christmas bread is a traditional Greek cake served over Christmas and New Year. A coin is inserted into the base of the cake, indicating good  luck for the person receiving the slice with the coin. 

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Sweet christmas bread

Serves: 1 cake
Cooking Time: 4 hours

Ingredients

  • 600g cake flour
  • 2 x 10g instant dry yeast
  • 190ml warm milk
  • 4 eggs
  • pinch of salt
  • 140g sugar
  • rind of 2 lemons
  • 120g butter, melted
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • sesame seeds, to sprinkle

Instructions

1

Put 240g of the flour in a mixing bowl and sprinkle with the yeast. Pour in the milk and beat until smooth. Cover and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour.

2

Beat the eggs, salt, sugar and lemon rind in a pot over boiling water until the sugar has dissolved, about 10 minutes.

3

Pour the egg mixture into the flour and stir to combine. Add the remaining flour and knead, gradually adding the butter, until smooth and elastic. Cover and rest in a warm place until double in size, about 2 hours.

4

Knead again and put into a 24cm springform baking tin. Cover and rest in a warm place until double in size again. Brush with the egg and sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Bake for 45 minutes.

5

Serve sliced with a bottle of cold bubbly.

 

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