Rose Cake

The rose cake is made with a brioche dough and I used the recipe of pastry chef Andrea Di Giglio for preparing croissants.

For now, I thought of making this rose cake for breakfast, soft and very fragrant, good in its simplicity on its own but also with a spoonful of jam or Nutella on top.

Beautiful, scenic, and not difficult to make, you just need time and patience and you’re done!

Great to gift to a friend with a sweet tooth, I assure you it will be appreciated.

Soon I will use the recipe to prepare puffed croissants and if they turn out well, I will write the recipe on the blog.

Rose Cake
  • Cooking methods: Oven
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients

  • 4 cups of flour w350
  • 1/3 cup of sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cube of fresh brewer's yeast
  • 2 1/2 tsp of diastatic malt
  • 2/3 cup of water
  • 3/4 cup of softened butter
  • 2 tsp of salt
  • orange flavor
  • vanilla flavor
  • to taste of sugar crystals
  • 1 egg (for brushing)

Tools

  • Mixer
  • Cookie cutter

Steps

  • Prepare our ingredients: in a bowl mix the flour, sugar, and salt. In another, crack the eggs and in a cup dissolve the yeast with water.

  • In the softened butter, pour the vanilla, orange flavor, and malt, mix all the ingredients.

  • Pour the flour into the mixer with the eggs and the dissolved yeast water. Start the mixer first at speed 1 for 5 minutes, then increase to 3 and continue until the dough begins to bind.

  • Stop the mixer and add the butter a little at a time, let the mixer work and continue with the addition of butter when the previous one has been completely absorbed by the dough.

    Once done, place the dough in a bowl and let it rise for 2 hours.

  • After the rising time, take the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin into a 1/5 inch sheet. Use a cookie cutter to make discs.

  • Stack 3 discs on top of each other, roll them, and cut in half.

  • Arrange the roses until full, in a 9 1/2 inch diameter mold lined with parchment paper. Let rise for another hour.

  • After the time, the roses will be well risen.

  • Brush with the beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar crystals. Bake at 356°F for 25 minutes, then at 320°F for a further 10 minutes.

The rose cake keeps its texture and fragrance perfectly for a few days, just cover it with plastic wrap.

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