Easter bread is a special, festive, and solemn dish - one of the main foods on the Easter table. Its baking requires a lot of patience but the result is truly rewarding. In ancient times, goodwives put the tastiest, freshest, and sweetest ingredients in the Easter bread dough and make everything in good spirits. People say: "There are as many recipes for Easter cake as there are goodwives.” But whatever Easter bread you are going to bake - with dried apricots, cherries, cranberries, candied fruits, nuts, chocolate crumbs, raisins, etc....
100 Year old recipe for Easter cake
This pre-revolutionary, at least 100-year-old recipe comes from those parts of the Kyiv region, where “traditional ovens” - hearths are still preserved. These hearths were specially made to house at least a dozen of Easter cakes, enough to bake treats for all distant and near members of the family. Ingredients you’ll need For the whole batch of Easter cakes, prescribed by the recipe, you will need: 3 liters of whole milk (unskimmed milk), 3 dozens of domestic eggs, about 6 kg (13 lb) of flour (depends on the type of...
Ukrainian Easter Cake – Cottage Cheese Paska
Apart from a traditional kulich, Ukrainians also cook another type of paska molded in the shape of a pyramid. This cheese paska is the traditional companion of the Ukrainian Easter bread. Made using cottage cheese/curd, sour cream, dairy butter, and sugar, this paska is unbelievably tender and airy. It’s a wonderful, fresh idea to cook for Easter, especially if you want to try something new. The recipe is very easy and doesn’t require baking or boiling. We’ll just mix the ingredients and put our Easter cake in the fridge...