Prague Cakes

Last Updated on August 23, 2024

It is not entirely clear how and when this cake was created. The Prague cake has much in common with the French Tarte Tropézienne. Although it does not have any special tradition in the Czech Republic, it is known to most Pragueers and I can guarantee that it comes from old Prague. If you are going to add vanilla sugar, then I recommend simply making your own. Just buy 1-2 vanilla pods, cut them lengthwise and add them to regular sugar in a jar. Within a few days you’ll have a more affordable, and more importantly, real vanilla sugar.

Ingredients:

Dough: 500 g flour (250 g plain and 250 g semi-coarse) 180 g butter 30 g yeast or yeast 150 ml of lukewarm milk 3 tablespoons of caster sugar 1 piece of egg egg for spreading speck of salt Cream: 500 ml cream for whipping 200 ml milk 100 g chilled butter 3 tbsp of icing sugar 1 tbsp starch 1 bag of vanilla sugar

Procedure:

Crush the yeast in a bowl and add the milk with a little salt (or use instant yeast, which doesn’t need this process, and mix it right in with the other ingredients)

Mix the flour, sugar, butter and eggs in a bowl, pour in the risen yeast and work into a smooth dough, leave the dough to rise in a warm place, covered, for about 45 minutes

From the risen dough form a round cake, put it on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and let it rise for 10 minutes more

Brush the surface of the cake with beaten egg, sprinkle with crumbs or cinnamon sugar and bake for 20 minutes at 180°C

Let the cakes cool, cut and fill with cream.

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Cream preparation:

Pour milk into a saucepan, add icing sugar and vanilla sugar, butter cut into pieces and let it melt

.Stir the starch into two tablespoons of milk and pour it into the hot milk, stirring constantly and letting it boil once until the cream thickens

Remove the saucepan from the heat and let the cream cool

Whisk the cream and rub it into the cream.

Note:

Source: www.citybee.cz, recipe prepared by Radek Jakubec. 5 original Prague recipes that will make you give up frying.

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