Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Roscón de reyes. (Three kings cake)

Roscón de reyes. (Three kings cake). Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Add the nuts, mixed fruits and zest, and stir to coat. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the buttered section of the dough.

Enjoy your Spanish three kings cake! It celebrates the Epiphany and is the real Christmas Day (celebration wise) for most Spaniards. As for when to eat the roscón, that depends on who you ask.

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Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Add the nuts, mixed fruits and zest, and stir to coat. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the buttered section of the dough.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook roscón de reyes. (three kings cake) using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Roscón de reyes. (Three kings cake):

1. Prepare of dough mixture.
2. Get 125 ml of sunflower oil.
3. Take 125 grams of melted butter or margerine.
4. Get 8 tbsp of granulated sugar (heaped).
5. Make ready 4 of eggs.
6. Make ready 1 of lemon zest.
7. Get 1 of orange zest.
8. Prepare 1 1/4 kg of strong white flour.
9. Make ready 1 tbsp of orange blossom water.
10. Prepare 2 cup of semi-skimmed milk.
11. Make ready 28 grams of fast action dried yeast (4x7g sachets).
12. Take of decoration of the cake.
13. Get 1 of egg beaten.
14. Take 300 grams of glaced or candied fruits, glaced cherries.

This is the day that families get together for a huge feast, unwrap presents (brought by the Three Wise Men/Kings), and head out to watch a parade of elaborately-decorated floats. Roscón de Reyes has been chosen as December recipe in "El Foro del Pan" (The Bread Forum), an interactive community (such as the Baking Circle in King Arthur Flour webpage). It is mainly for home bakers (and some professionals), and we Spanish speaking bakers join forces, suggestions, questions, trying to resove doubts. Kids are waiting for the three kings (Three wise men) bringing them gifts they wanted to have all year long.

Steps to make Roscón de reyes. (Three kings cake):

1. Mix sugar and softened butter together. Add whisked eggs, oil, lemon and orange rind, orange blossom and one cup of milk..
2. The second cup of milk can be warmed slightly and mixed with the yeast to activate. Add to the rest of ingredients. You will get quite a sloppy mixture..
3. Add flour to mixture and when mixed well knead on a worktop for a few minutes until firm and elastic..
4. Leave to rest covered with a cloth (or lid) for 1-2hours near a warm area like radiator or a warmish oven. Dough needs to raise to more than double its volume..
5. Knead again on the table and give the shape of a huge doughnut with a large hole. Should be able to get 3 units..
6. Place in a lined or oiled oven tray where they need to rest to raise again. I prefer decorating before they are proved so that I don't knock the air out..
7. Once raised brush them with egg..
8. Bake on a medium oven. I chose 160 C (fan) for about 20-30 minutes or until golden. If I bake 2 together I may switch shelves at 14 minutes to allow them to bake more evenly..
9. Sprinkle with sugar as you get them out of the oven.

They finish lunch or dinner with this delicious cake, called Roscon de Reyes. This is a sugar free recipe but it contains so many goodies that it really struggles to qualify as a low carb cake. In the Spanish America, it is also known as "Rosca de Reyes", in Catalonia as "Tortell des Reis", in southern France as "Gâteau des Rois", in Portugal as Bolo Rei and in the English world as "King's Cake" (popular in southern US states – Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama in weeks culminating with the Carnival). Regardless the geographical region, Roscón de Reyes cakes. Our Roscon de Reyes (Three Kings Cake) is a soft and rich bread filled with Holiday fruits and nuts.

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