Simple Way to Make Homemade Bolo Rei Tradicional (king Cake)

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, bolo rei tradicional (king cake). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Bolo Rei Tradicional (king Cake) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Bolo Rei Tradicional (king Cake) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook bolo rei tradicional (king cake) using 14 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Bolo Rei Tradicional (king Cake):

1. Prepare dried Bean
2. Prepare miniature toy, to go in the cake
3. Prepare porto wine
4. Get salt
5. Get crystallized fruit
6. Make ready nuts, choose your favourite
7. Make ready sugar
8. Get butter
9. Prepare eggs
10. Make ready active dry yeast
11. Make ready flour
12. Prepare lemon peel, grated
13. Make ready Orange peel, grated
14. Make ready jelly mix

Instructions to make Bolo Rei Tradicional (king Cake):

1. Cut the crystallized fruit into pieces. Reserve some whole or add extra to decorate the top of the cake.
2. Soak the cut fruit in a splash of the porto wine.
3. In a different bowl dissolve the yeast in 100ml of water. Add 1 cup of flour, mix and leave it at room temperature for 15 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, mix the margarine, sugar, lemon and orange zest.
5. Add the eggs, mixing in one by one.
6. Add in the yeast mixture. When everything is well mixed add the remaining flour, salt and porto wine.
7. Knead the dough until elastic and smooth in consistency then mix in the cut fruit.
8. Shape the dough into a ball. Sprinkle with flour, then cover with a cloth. Leave at room temperature covered away from any moisture for 5 hours.
9. When the dough has doubled in size, temporarily transfer to a wooden board and make a whole in the middle of it.
10. Wrap the tiny toy in parchment paper, then add to the cake along with the bean. Leave to stand for 1 hour.
11. Brush the cake with 1 egg yolk, decorate with crystallised fruit, chopped sugar cubes and nuts. Turn oven to 180 c.
12. Transfer to a very hot oven. Cook until its golden brown approximately 40 minutes.
13. In a little bit of warm water dilute jelly granules or sheets.
14. Once cooked brush the cake with the jelly.
15. Let it cool down and serve once cooled.

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