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🍰 Sweet Walnut Yeast Ring

485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.5 cube fresh yeast (21 g)
• 250 ml lukewarm milk
• 75 g sugar
• 500 g flour
• 2 eggs
• 75 g soft butter
• flour (for working)
• 100 g walnut kernels
• 2 tbsp vanilla sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp rum
• 2 tbsp whipping cream
• 2 tbsp milk (for brushing)
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp milk
• cold butter (to taste)

Instructions

1. 1. Mix 100 milliliters of milk with one tablespoon of sugar and the yeast.
2. 2. Put the flour into a bowl.
3. 3. Pour the yeast-milk mixture into the center of the flour.
4. 4. Mix the liquid with some flour from the edge to form a pre-dough.
5. 5. Let this pre-dough rise covered in a warm place for 20 to 30 minutes.
6. 6. Whisk the remaining milk, the remaining sugar, and the eggs.
7. 7. Add this mixture to the pre-dough.
8. 8. Knead the butter in pieces into the dough until it becomes smooth.
9. 9. The dough should release smoothly from the side of the bowl.
10. 10. Let the dough rise covered in a warm place for 30 to 45 minutes.
11. 11. The dough should have approximately doubled in size.
12. 12. Roughly chop the walnuts for the filling.
13. 13. Mix the vanilla sugar, the cinnamon, the rum, and the cream.
14. 14. Knead the dough vigorously again on a floured work surface.
15. 15. Roll the dough out into a large rectangle with a thickness of just over one centimeter.
16. 16. Spread the cinnamon cream evenly over the dough.
17. 17. Sprinkle the chopped nuts over the cream.
18. 18. Roll the dough up tightly.
19. 19. Halve the dough roll lengthwise.
20. 20. Twist the two halves around each other.
21. 21. Shape the roll into a ring.
22. 22. Press the ends firmly under the cake.
23. 23. Place the ring on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
24. 24. Let the ring rise covered again for approx. 30 minutes.
25. 25. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees top and bottom heat.
26. 26. Brush the dough with milk.
27. 27. Bake the cake in the oven for approx. 1 hour.
28. 28. Perform the skewer test to check the baking time.
29. 29. Mix the powdered sugar with the milk to form a thin glaze.
30. 30. Take the cake out of the oven.
31. 31. Carefully slide the cake onto a cake rack.
32. 32. Let the cake cool down slightly.
33. 33. Brush the cake with the glaze.
34. 34. Let the cake cool completely.
35. 35. Serve the cake as desired with cold butter.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 485
• Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 17 g · Carbs: 73 g