Cooking wedding loaf

To give a loaf to the young for a wedding is an old Slavic tradition that is still alive today. In this article we will talk about how to step by step prepare a wedding cake with your own hands at home.

Wedding is one of the happiest days in the life of any person. There are a lot of customs associated with this event, which most families enjoy with pleasure. One of them is a wedding loaf, which was baked to the newlyweds in ancient Russia. The duty of making festive bread lies with the groom's relatives, who must bring the cake to the bride's house during matchmaking, and then to the event itself.

It is important not only to bake a delicacy correctly, but also to choose the right person for such a responsible task. It is recommended to entrust cooking to a married woman who has a strong family and has children. Often the godmother or aunt of the bridegroom does this. Good energy of a person is very important, which will bring the best thoughts into the product.

A loaf is baked on the wedding day itself, it is advisable to make sure that a married, decent man is sent to the bread box. When the dish is ready, it must be hidden from the evil eye.

There are several signs associated with wedding cake. For example, it is believed that newlyweds who have tried bread and salt will quietly pass through any obstacles hand in hand. Another superstition says: who bites off a larger piece, will be the main thing in the house. True or not, it is not known, but young people are happy to pay tribute to traditions and take part in chewing on a wedding loaf.

There are several recipes for loaf, each of which is good in its own way. It is important to bake the bread exactly round shape, as it is a symbol of the sun and heat. Many bakeries and private pastry chefs offer their loaf cooking services, but making the wedding cake better on their own. There is an option for making pastry from salt dough, but for a wedding it is preferable to make it from sweet, so that the life of the young is as sweet and beautiful as a traditional loaf.

In general, baking takes about four hours, three of them need dough to get up. If you correctly calculate the amount of ingredients and replace the dough well, the loaf will be airy and soft.

This recipe is the most popular. Cooked dough turns out lush, and loaf soft and sweet. The long and not so easy cooking process is compensated by the stunning taste of the wedding cake.

Components:

• 1.2 kg of wheat flour;
• 1/2 l milk;
• 5 eggs;
• 150 grams of sugar;
• 2 tsp. powder;
• 1.5 tsp. vanilla sugar;
• 400 g butter;
• 3 packs of yeast for baking;
• 4 tbsp. l honey;
• 1 tbsp. l salt.

The cooking process is as follows.

• Shake eggs with a mixer and gradually add granulated sugar. When the mass becomes homogeneous, warm milk is poured in there, and oil and salt are added. Everything is well mixed. Then add yeast to the mixture and beat again with a mixer.
• Next in line is the flour, however, it should be sieved before adding. This process enriches flour with oxygen, baking turns out to be more lush and of high quality.

• Knead the dough well until it stops sticking to your fingers.It should turn out to be a homogeneous and smooth mass, which should be covered with cellophane and wrapped in a towel so that it does not become covered with a hard crust. Put the parcel in a warm place for two hours to raise the dough. When the mass increases in size, it must be kneaded again and cut off a fourth part for decorations.
• Make a circle from the remaining mass and add the raisin filling. There is a belief that if you put a coin in the loaf, the newlyweds will live in prosperity. Money is put just in the process of forming a loaf.
• Cover the baking sheet with baking paper and place the cake on it. Heat the oven to 200 degrees and place a small bowl of water inside. While the oven is heating, the dough will rise a little more. In the meantime, you should prepare a mixture of egg yolk, a pinch of sugar and salt, and brush the loaf with a silicone brush with it so that the surface of the cake becomes golden in baking.
• Take care of decorating the dish. Taken in advance, a piece of dough needs to be rolled out into a thin layer and the shapes cut into shapes. You can weave a pigtail and wrap a pie with it. To keep the decor well, it should be moistened with water before attaching.
• Put the baking tray in the oven and bake the loaf for half an hour. Next, turn the product so that it is evenly baked and leave for another twenty minutes. Cover the round tray with a cloth and put a ready loaf on it, let it cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or vanilla.
• If the dessert is baked in an electric oven, then after thirty minutes it is recommended to lower the level of heat to 180 degrees.

This recipe is much easier previous and contains fewer ingredients. The main thing is to knead the dough well, so that it becomes soft and pliable.

Ingredients:

• 50 g butter;
• 4 eggs;
• 6 tbsp. l warm milk;
• 4 tbsp. l sugar;
• 1 pack of dry yeast;
• 1 tsp salts;
• 4 tbsp. wheat flour of the highest grade.

Melt the butter over medium heat. Separate the yolks from the whites and beat with three tablespoons of granulated sugar. In the milk, add the remaining spoonful of sweetener and a pack of yeast. Pour it into the sugar-yolk mixture.

Beat the whites thoroughly with salt and send to the rest of the ingredients, then add the pre-sifted flour and butter. Knead the resulting mass with your hands and continue the process until the dough stops sticking to your fingers.

One fifth of the mixture is set aside for decorations, form a circle from the remaining piece and put it on a baking sheet with baking paper. Cover the loaf with a towel and put in a warm place to rise. Roll a piece of dough into a thin layer and cut out the decorations, sprinkle them with water and send them under the towel to the cake.

When the dough rises, attach the ready-made figures and put everything together in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.

As soon as a ruddy crust appears, the temperature should be reduced to 180 degrees and cover the cake with foil, after which the oven is baked for another hour. Ready wedding bread to get out of the oven and smear with sweet water, then let cool and meet the newlyweds.

When decorating a wedding loaf you can not hold back the flight of fancy. However, it should be remembered that each figure has a certain value.

• For example, bunches of grapes are a sign of fertility and large offspring. The fruits themselves are made up of small balls, and the leaves are cut out from the rolled dough. With the help of thin sticks are made markings on the leaves in the form of strips.

• Swans mean eternal love and loyalty. To begin with, you should roll two sausages 6 cm long and slightly stretch the piece on one side, bending it. In this way, the body, the neck and the head are obtained.It will be necessary only to form eyes, a beak, to designate wings and a tail.

• One of the essential elements of decor for a wedding loaf are clusters of viburnum, symbolizing love and abundance. The decoration is made of several thick balls, cut in half and attached to the leaves or loaf directly on the surface.

• Pigtail made to make for each loaf. The decor is placed around the cake or from one edge. To get a beautiful and even pigtail, you should prepare three long bundles, connect from above and braid, fastening at the end. Then it should be carefully laid on the edge of the wedding cake.

• Roses mean love and passion. Juicy buds perfectly decorate the wedding cake. To begin with it is necessary to make four thin circles, the first one is rolled into a roll, and the rest are wrapped around it. The upper edges need to be slightly bent to the flower turned out more lush.

• Leaves are a symbol of youth and abundance. To create this decoration, you need to roll the dough into a thin layer, cut out diamonds and make veins with a knife.

When serving loaf, it is necessary to put salt shaker on it, so that the young people should eat bread and salt. To prevent the seasoning container from tipping over, a small dimple is made right inside the loaf. During cooking, cut a small notch in the center of the cake, decorating its edges with various patterns in the form of ears or braids.

Non-traditional options can also be used to decorate a wedding cake. Many decorate it with flowers, stars, hearts, monograms and other figures at will. They can be made from both a piece separated from the main dough and a specially made one.

For the dough for the figures will need 1 cup of water, 3 cups of flour and 1 tsp. salt. Mix flour with salt, add water and knead the dough. Roll out with a rolling pin and make decorative elements, then bake them in the oven. The second option is made from 4 proteins and 2 cups of flour. The ingredients are mixed to obtain an elastic mass. Then you can sculpt the decor.

The recipe for making a wedding loaf, see below.