Easter woman

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1:

Heat the milk in a ladle to 33-37 degrees.

Step 2:

Crumble the yeast into the milk, add half the sugar and stir.

Step 3:

Add a few tablespoons of flour, stir, cover the dough with film and leave for 5-10 minutes.

Step 4:

Melt the butter and shortening.

Step 5:

Whisk the eggs and yolks in a double boiler.

Step 6:

Add the remaining sugar and continue stirring until dissolved.

Step 7:

Pour the warm mixture into the bowl of a food processor, add the dough and begin mixing.

Step 8:

Add flour gradually.

Step 9:

Add salt, raisins, orange zest.

Step 10:

Pour in melted butter and cooking fat.

Step 11:

Cover the kneaded dough tightly with film and leave for 30 minutes.

Step 12:

Place the risen dough into a cake pan, cover with film and let rise again.

Step 13:

Bake for about 40 minutes in an oven preheated to 175 degrees until golden brown.

Step 14:

Place the baba on a wire rack and let it cool completely while you prepare the glaze.

Step 15:

Place 2 cups of powdered sugar in a bowl, add 4 tablespoons of warm milk and whisk.

Step 16:

Add food coloring and stir.

Step 17:

Brush the baba with glaze and decorate with raisins and flaked almonds.

Cooking tips

If you don't have a food processor, you can use a powerful mixer with a dough hook, but this will take longer.

If the glaze is too thick, add a little more warm milk.

You can add food coloring of any color you like.

It is better to serve baba on a concave plate or stand, otherwise you will have to cut off the lower convex part.