Ingredients:
500 grams hard flour
8 g dry yeast
1 teaspoon mahlep(mahaleb)
1 teaspoon ground kardamom(kardamon)
250 ml milk
30 grams sheep butter
30 grams cow butter
120 grams sugar
zest of one organic lemon (not waxed)
2 eggs and 1 more for spreading
Running:
Put the flour, yeast, sugar, mahlep, kardamom, lemon zest, eggs in the blender . Then, after I melted butter, mix together with the milk and after the mixture cools(to avoid yeast burning)add it in the mixer as well. I use the hook accessory for mixing. As soon as the dough wrapps around the hook or when it peels off all the walls of the basin, it means that my dough is ready. Let it rise in the basin of my mixer covered for 2 hours (almost triples) and after kneading again with my hand to remove the air in it, give to the dough the form of a the ball and place it in the middle of a large greased round pan or Pyrex. Let the dough for another hour to rise and cover it afterwards with the help of a brush with a raw egg before I put it in the preheated oven. Bake the cake for 50 minutes to 1 hour. Once you remove it from the oven sprinkle it with icing sugar, candy or covered it with glaze after cooling or Sugarpaste (see recipe on my site)
Bon appetit!