Moravian Double Cakes

Last Updated on October 25, 2024

According to this recipe, the cakes are filled with cheesecake filling, decorated with jam and crumble. Recipe from our great-grandmothers recipe book.

Ingredients:

For the dough: 350 g smooth flour 150 g of semi-coarse flour 100 g melted lard 80 g of powdered sugar 42 g of yeast (1 cube) 250 ml lukewarm milk 1/2 tsp lemon zest 1 sachet vanilla sugar 3 pcs egg yolks pinch of salt For the custard filling: 500 g of cottage cheese (from tinfoil) 4 heaping tablespoons sugar 1/2 tsp lemon zest 3 pcs egg yolks raisins dipped in rum milk as needed to thin the curd For the crumble: 100 g smooth and semi-coarse flour mixed 1:1 100 g flour sugar 80 g butter Other: 1 jar of sauce baking paper flour to flour the roll

Procedure:

Pour both flours into the bowl of the food processor, make a well, pour in 2/3 of the lukewarm milk, crumble the yeast into the milk, let it rise, which will take 15 minutes

.In the rest of the milk whisk the egg yolks, pour them to the sourdough, dissolve the lard, pour this also to the sourdough, add both sugars and grated lemon peel, turn on the processor and knead for 10 minutes on a lower speed

Cover the dough in the bowl with a clean cloth and let it rise for 60 minutes, it must double its volume

Divide the risen dough into two halves, roll each into 4 equal legs, then cut each leg into 25 equal pieces, stretch them with your hands into a pancake

Fill the individual pancakes with the cheesecake filling, pull the edges over the centre to form a pouch, into which you make a dent

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Brush the edges of the cakes with beaten egg, fill the centres with jam, sprinkle with crumbs, leave to rise for 30 minutes

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

Preparation of the curd filling:

Place the curd in a bowl, add the other ingredients, mix everything thoroughly

Dilute with milk if necessary, but be careful, the filling must not have a liquid consistency.

Crumble preparation:

Place the butter in a bowl, sprinkle it with flour mixed with sugar

Work the butter with flour and sugar into a crumble with your hands.

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Photo: Nadia Indruchová