Is it possible to bake Easter cake in a slow cooker?

Butter cake is a traditional dish baked for a festive meal on the day of the Resurrection of Christ. They, along with red-dyed eggs, are the central dishes of the Easter meal. Baking Easter cake is a real art! It takes women more than one year to master it. Today, housewives have a reliable assistant in the kitchen. This is a multicooker. She cooks, fries, steams... Is it possible to use smart technology to bake Easter cake?

Possibilities of baking Easter cake in multicookers

Let's say right away: Easter cakes can be made in a slow cooker! It greatly simplifies the process of preparing them.

Very annoying moments happen when the baked goods burn, are poorly baked inside or settle. A magic multicooker, if you choose the right baking time, will protect you from such annoying embarrassments.

IMPORTANT! A uniformly heated bowl and a temperature ideal for baking simply will not allow the cake to remain damp or burnt.

Put the dough in the slow cooker

An additional advantage of a multicooker is that The dough in it is perfect for baking. Place it in a greased bowl, close it and put it on heat (from 15 minutes to half an hour).

IMPORTANT! Care is required, in some multicookers this mode is very fast and powerful!

Mode selection

Easter cakes prepared this way are simply delicious. Provided you choose the right program, it is impossible to spoil them during baking.

Time Baking mode"in many multicookers is equal to one hour.

IMPORTANT! This time is not enough to bake the Easter cake well; it is too rich.

Therefore it is necessary either immediately set it to one and a half hours, or add it. To do this, without opening the multicooker, you need to add time or leave the dish heated.

How to bake Easter cake in a slow cooker

To get a delicious moist cake, we suggest using a simple recipe.

What you will need

• Milk - 120 ml;
• flour - 200-300 g;
• dry yeast - 3 teaspoons or fresh - 40 g;
• butter - 50 g;
• 2 eggs;
• granulated sugar - 100 g;
• salt - 1/2 teaspoon;
• sour cream - 1 tablespoon;
• vanilla sugar - 10 g;
• a pack of gelatin;
• raisins - 150 g;
• cranberries - 50 g;
• nut kernels;
• thick jam from apricots or any other fruit.

Manufacturing process

• Pour the yeast with warm milk (about 40 degrees), add 0.5 tablespoon of sugar and mix thoroughly. Beat eggs and sugar.
• Add 0.5 cups of flour to the container with the diluted yeast and knead. Cover the dishes with film or cloth and place in a warm place for an hour.
• Pour hot water over the raisins, let them swell, and after a few minutes drain the liquid. Rinse, place on a towel and let dry. Roll raisins in flour.
• Put a pinch of salt, vanilla sugar, sour cream, softened butter, and sweet egg mixture into the risen dough. Mix all.
• Sift the flour thoroughly. Stir with a spoon until the dough forms a ball.
• Grease the bowl with vegetable oil. Place the dough in it and cover with a cloth. Let it sit for a couple of hours.
• The ball will need to be kneaded once. The dough will then rise and become fluffy.
• Then add raisins and divide them equally into three parts. Place everything in 3 identical forms.
• Place a stand on the bottom of the multi-cooker bowl, placing all 3 molds on it.
• First, for half an hour, you should enable the “Warming up” option. Until the dough rises, do not open the lid under any circumstances.
• Then the “Baking” option is turned on for an hour and a half or a little more, depending on the size of the molds.
• The finished product can be decorated with raisins, nut kernels, candied cranberries, dried fruits and colorful sprinkles.

Can I use a regular Easter cake recipe?

ATTENTION! Using a multicooker to prepare Easter cakes, it is quite possible to use familiar recipes. You just need to reduce the volumes of all ingredients.

There is no need to make too much dough to bake a lot of Easter cakes - it can “overstay”. For those who want a lot of Easter cakes, you need to make the dough again each time. The advantage is that you will end up with several varieties of baked goods.

The finished Easter cakes are placed in decorated Easter baskets and taken to the temple to be blessed. Food prepared with love and consecrated is the most delicious!