Couronne des rois | Taste of France®

Couronne des rois | Taste of France®

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Start the new year with a traditional French brioche-style cake with this recipe extracted from Living France Magazine.

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Cooking tools:

  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Sifter
  • Spoon
  • Plastic wrap
  • Saucepan
  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Oven
  • Pastry brush
  • Kitchen scale
  • Whisk
  • Cooling rack
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Rolling pin
  • Kitchen timer
  • Airtight container
  • Cake pan
  • Ceramic feve

Ingredients

  • 20 g fresh yeast (or 7g dried yeast)
  • 5 tbsp tepid milk (plus extra for brushing)
  • 50 g plain flour
  • zest of one orange
  • 60 g caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp orange blossom water
  • 250 g plain flour (plus extra for dusting)
  • 2 eggs (lightly beaten)
  • 80 g butter (softened)
  • 40 g chopped candied peel
  • 1 porcelain fève (charm, or whole almond)
  • 3 tbsp apricot jam
  • 1 tsp orange blossom water
  • 8 glacé cherries (optional)
  • 8 candied fruit pieces (optional)
  • 2-3 tbsp pearl sugar

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