CLASSIC BRITISH & GERMAN EASTER TREATS: SIMNEL CAKE & PLAITED LOAF

CLASSIC BRITISH u0026 GERMAN EASTER TREATS: SIMNEL CAKE u0026 PLAITED LOAF// Happy Wednesday, Only a few days until Easter so today we want to share how to make a traditional Easter Simnel Cake which is very popular in the UK. We have never made this cake before so it will be interesting to see how it turns out. Then we make a plaited loaf (Hefekranz) which is extremely popular in Germany for the Easter holidays. Coloured eggs are a huge tradition for us so of course we make them as well. We hope you will enjoy this video and maybe you will find some inspiration for Easter. Lots of love, Kirsten u0026 Joerg

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RECIPE 'SIMNEL CAKE': https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/simnelcake_792

RECIPE 'OSTERKRANZ (PLAITED LOAF)':

Ingredients
500g flour
7g dried yeast (or a cube of fresh yeast)
80g sugar
1 egg
220ml milk
5g salt
1 egg u0026 a bit of milk for the glaze

Method
Mix yeast, salt, sugar, milk, butter and egg together and knead.
Cover the yeast dough with a wet cloth and let it rest in a warm place for about an hour until risen.
Split the dough in portions of about 40g. You need 3 strands for each wreath as you have to make braids.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line a baking tray with baking paper, mix the egg with the splash of milk and brush the Easter wreaths. Bake for about 20-25 minutes.

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KITCHEN:

MASON CASH BOWL: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MR8VD09/?tag=kirsten04b-21

MASON CASH JUG: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076F7K49W/?tag=kirsten04b-21

HERDWICK SALT u0026 PEPPER SHAKERS: https://www.cutterbrooks.com/collections/easter-entertaining/products/herdwick-salt-pepper-shakers

CORNISHWARE BETTY TEAPOT (this is the small one, we have the big pot): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GV5YC2Y/?tag=kirsten04b-21

BURLEIGH POTTERY: https://www.burleigh.co.uk/

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OTHER VIDEOS:

OUR DAY WITH HERDWICK SHEEP VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttllhm0Yfggu0026t=306s

OUR CORNISHWARE TOUR VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aWUT2COcrku0026t=1141s

OUR COTTAGE STAY IN CORNWALL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdYZMMmjRDIu0026t=1497s

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CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:

0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Making marzipan
2:10 - Making Simnel Cake
5:36 - Colouring Easter eggs with a kit from Germany
8:36 - Making the batter for the plaited loaf
9:45 - The finishing touches for the simnel cake
11:25 - Making the plaited loaf
12:18 - Our Easter table
14:05 - New additions in our kitchen
16:30 - British vs German Easter
17:13 - Trying the simnel cake u0026 plaited loaf
18:57 - How we eat hard boiled eggs in Germany
19:35 - Outro

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