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🍰 Fruit Yeast Cake
224 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 300 g spelt wholemeal flour
- 20 g yeast
- 1 tbsp agave syrup
- 125 ml milk (3.5% fat)
- 100 g butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 organic lemon
- 1 organic orange
- 60 g raisins
- 40 g dried cherries
- 50 g dried apple rings
- 20 g pistachios
- 200 g dark chocolate couverture
Instructions
- 1. Put the flour into a large bowl.
- 2. Make a well in the center of the flour.
- 3. Crumble the yeast into the well.
- 4. Add the agave syrup and half of the milk.
- 5. Stir these ingredients together with a little flour from the edges.
- 6. Let the starter rest for about 20 minutes until cracks appear.
- 7. Beat the butter with a pinch of salt until fluffy.
- 8. Stir the egg yolks into the butter.
- 9. Continue stirring for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- 10. Add the remaining milk and the butter mixture to the starter.
- 11. Knead everything well until a smooth dough forms.
- 12. Wash the lemon and orange thoroughly with hot water and dry them.
- 13. Grate the zest of the citrus fruits.
- 14. Use the fruit pulp for something else.
- 15. Add raisins, lemon and orange zest, dried cherries, apple rings, and pistachios to the dough.
- 16. Knead the ingredients in thoroughly.
- 17. Work the dough until it bubbles and releases from the sides of the bowl.
- 18. Cover the bowl with a cloth.
- 19. Let the dough rise for 30 to 60 minutes until it doubles in size.
- 20. Knead the dough briefly again.
- 21. Shape the dough into a log.
- 22. Place the dough in a loaf pan lined with baking paper.
- 23. Let the dough rise in the pan for another 10 minutes, covered.
- 24. Preheat the oven to 200 °C (convection 180 °C or gas mark 3).
- 25. Bake the cake for about 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown.
- 26. Remove the cake from the oven.
- 27. Turn the cake out of the pan.
- 28. Let the cake cool on a wire rack.
- 29. Melt the chocolate coating over a bain-marie.
- 30. Cover the cake with two-thirds of the melted chocolate.
- 31. Fill the remaining chocolate into a piping bag with a tiny tip.
- 32. Draw diagonal grid lines on the cake.
- 33. Let the cake dry well before cutting.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 224
- Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 29 g