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French Kugelhupf Cake Recipe


French Kugelhupf Cake Recipe
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This fruitcake is beautiful straight out of the bundt pan. Very nice for Christmas.

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Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup warm milk,(110 F - 115F)
  • 2 packages active dry yeast
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour,
  • 1 cup butter or margerine
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup golden raisins
  • 1/4 cup currants
  • 2 tsp orange peel, finely shredded
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup whole blanched amonds

Directions
  1. Pour warm milk in a medium mixing bowl.
  2. Sprinkle yeast over milk.
  3. Add 1/2 cup flour.
  4. Beat with a large spoon about 1 minute.
  5. Cover and let rise in a warm place until almost double (40 minutes).
  6. In a large mixeing bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  7. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
  8. Stir in yeast mixture, raisins, currants, orange peel and salt.
  9. Gradually stir in the remaining 3-1/2 cups flour.
  10. Lightly grease and flour a 9-cup gugelhupf mold or 12-cup bundt pan.
  11. Arange whole almonds in a design or pattern in the bottom of the pan.
  12. Carefully spoon batter over almonds.
  13. Cover and let rise in a warm place until almost double (about 1 hour).
  14. Bake in a 350 F oven about 40 minutes.
  15. If necessary cover top with foil for the last 15 minutes to prevent over-browning.
  16. Cool for 20 minutes, then remove from pan.
  17. Turn on to wire rack and cool completely.
  18. Sift powdered sugar over cake before serving,.

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Wow fantastic what a beautiful cake high 5 on all of these


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