Kaiser Kuchen (King's Cake)

Ingredients

• one ounce of yeast
• two ounces flour
• milk
• water
• three quarters of a pound of flour
• half a pound of butter
• three ounces castor sugar
• three eggs
• a little salt
• a little water

Method

1. 1

   Make a dough with yeast, flour, milk, and water, let rise.

2. 2

   Mix remaining flour with butter, sugar, eggs, and salt.

3. 3

   Combine with yeast dough, let rise overnight.

4. 4

   Place in a buttered tin and bake.

5. 5

   Brush with melted butter and dust with castor sugar before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Kaiser Kuchen. (King's Cake.) Make a dough in a bowl with one ounce of yeast, two ounces flour, milk, and water, which let stand in a dish of hot water till well risen. Mix three quarters of a pound of flour with half a pound of butter, three ounces castor sugar, three eggs, a little salt ; drop in a little water

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