Yeast-Free Easter Cake – 7 Best and Original Recipes for Easter

Want to spend less time in the kitchen, more time with your family, and still delight your loved ones with delicious baked goods? It's possible, even during such an important holiday as Easter.

Traditional recipes are time-consuming, but modern housewives prefer to prepare this festive treat quickly and easily. Easter cakes made without leavening or proofing are no less delicious and rich. In today's collection, I'll share with you the secrets of delicious, fluffy, rich baked goods with a loose, moist dough.

Easter cake without yeast and proofing

Let's make a luxurious Easter cake using a yeast-free cottage cheese dough with added nuts and dried fruits, which doesn't require soaking. It's quick to make with readily available ingredients, and the unrivaled flavor of this festive pastry will be remembered for a long time.

Ingredients

For the test

• Egg – 1 pc.
• Cottage cheese – 200 g
• Flour – 200 g
• Sugar – 4 tbsp.
• Vanilla sugar – 1 pack.
• Butter – 30 g
• Lemon – ½ pc.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.

For the filling

• Butter – 50 g
• Nuts – 50 g
• Dried fruits – 100 g
• Cognac – 20 ml

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings: 1 Easter cake

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Pour boiling water over the dried fruits.

Step 2

Grind the nuts in a blender.

Step 3

Place the soft cottage cheese in a bowl. Beat in the egg. Season with a pinch of salt.

Step 4

Grate the zest of a lemon or other citrus fruit. Add softened butter. Beat until smooth.

Step 5

Add vanilla and regular sugar. Mix.

Step 6

Combine baking powder with flour.

Step 7

Add flour to the liquid ingredients. Knead the dough.

Step 8

Drain the dried fruit. Pat dry with a towel. Chop into small pieces. Season with cognac for a piquant flavor.

Step 9

Roll out the dough into a rectangle. Grease with melted butter. Sprinkle with crushed nuts. Add dried fruit.

Step 10

Roll the roll along the wide edge. Cut it in half lengthwise. Braid it.

Step 11

Fold the resulting braid into a "snail" shape and place it in a round baking pan. Brush with egg yolk.

Step 12

Bake the cake for 60–70 minutes in a preheated oven at 170 C.

Step 13

Let the paska cool. Remove the mold. Enjoy.

Yeast-free Easter cake with condensed milk

This sweet, fluffy, and tall yeast-free kulich with a rich, creamy flavor and aroma will captivate even those who aren't fond of baked goods. This exquisite and flawless paska will be the highlight of any lavish Easter basket.

Ingredients

• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Wheat flour – 210 g
• Corn flour – 80 g
• Sugar – 150 g
• Sour cream – 150 g
• Condensed milk – 180 g
• Butter – 130 g
• Dried fruits – 200 g
• Baking powder – 9 g
• Vanillin – 9 g
• Salt - a pinch

Cooking time: 1 hour

Servings: 4 Easter cakes

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Soak the dried fruit in warm water for 1 minute. Once the fruit has soaked, drain the water. Pat dry with a towel. Add a spoonful of flour. Stir.

Step 2

Sift the mixture of wheat and corn flour with baking powder through a sieve.

Step 3

Beat eggs with sugar until fluffy.

Step 4

Pour raw condensed milk into the egg mixture.

Step 5

Pour in melted butter. Stir.

Step 6

Combine the dry and wet ingredients. Knead the dough. Add the prepared dried fruit.

Step 7

Place the dough into paper baking cups and bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.

Step 8

Decorate the slightly cooled Easter cakes with icing and confectionery sprinkles.

A simple and quick yeast-free Easter cake with raisins

Every housewife wants to surprise her guests with a variety of dishes for Easter. When time is tight, you want to find the quickest recipes. I offer a super-simple and delicious way to make yeast-free kulich with raisins.

Ingredients

• Eggs – 5 pcs.
• Milk – 180 ml
• Flour – 440 g
• Sugar – 200 g
• Butter – 230 g
• Candied fruits – 60 g
• Raisins – 60 g
• Baking powder – 12 g
• Lemon – 1 pc.

Cooking time: 1 hour

Servings: 3 – 4 Easter cakes

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Beat eggs at room temperature with sugar until fluffy white foam forms.

Step 2

Pour in the milk.

Step 3

Add butter and mix.

Step 4

Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Add them gradually to the egg mixture. Knead the dough.

Step 5

Grate the lemon zest. Sprinkle with candied fruit and raisins. Mix.

Step 6

Fill the molds halfway with dough.

Step 7

Place in an oven preheated to 180 C for 35–40 minutes.

Step 8

Let the finished kulich cool. Remove from the cardboard boxes. Decorate as desired.

A delicious Easter cake without yeast

Even without yeast, this recipe makes a soft and incredibly airy kulich. This fluffy and fragrant pastry, made with cottage cheese dough, is easy to make. A great way to surprise and delight your guests this Easter.

Ingredients

• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Flour – 250 g
• Sugar – 160 g
• Cottage cheese – 100 g
• Butter – 100 g
• Raisins – 100 g
• Baking powder – 12 g
• Soda – ½ tsp.
• Vanillin – ½ tsp.
• Salt - a pinch
• Zest of 1 lemon

Cooking time: 1 hour

Servings: 3 Easter cakes

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

In a deep bowl, lightly beat the eggs.

Step 2

Add sugar. It's best to use extra-fine sugar. Beat until the mixture turns white and doubles in volume.

Step 3

Add room temperature butter and whisk until thickened.

Step 4

Add soft dry cottage cheese into the egg mixture in parts.

Step 5

Add baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Finely grate the lemon or orange zest into the dough.

Step 6

Add raisins and mix.

Step 7

Add wheat flour gradually. Knead into a thick, sticky dough.

Step 8

Grease the Easter cake baking pans with butter. Place the dough in them.

Step 9

Bake at 180°C until golden brown. Remove the paper. Decorate.

Simple cottage cheese Easter cakes without yeast in molds

Yeast-free cottage cheese kulich (Easter cakes) boast a delicate, creamy flavor. Citrus zest adds a piquant touch to the fluffy, airy dough. Eating these baked goods is pure pleasure—family and guests will be delighted!

Ingredients

• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Flour – 250 g
• Sugar – 160 g
• Cottage cheese – 300 g
• Butter – 100 g
• Candied fruits – 100 g
• Lemon – 1 pc.
• Baking powder – 1 tbsp.
• Soda, vanillin, salt - a pinch

Cooking time: 1 hour

Servings: 5 Easter cakes (200 g each)

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Beat the eggs until lightly foamy.

Step 2

Add the sugar gradually, whisking continuously. The sugar should dissolve and the eggs should turn into a creamy mixture.

Step 3

Add slightly melted butter. Beat.

Step 4

Add 10% cottage cheese in parts.

Step 5

Grate lemon zest into the dough to taste. Add baking soda, vanilla, and salt. Mix.

Step 6

Pour in the candied fruits. Mix.

Step 7

Pour the flour sifted through a sieve. Mix the dough.

Step 8

Prepare the Easter cake baking pans by greasing the inside with vegetable oil. Fill the pans with dough, filling them 2/3 full. Lightly press the dough onto the top.

Step 9

Bake in an oven preheated to 170 C for 40–45 minutes.

Step 10

Let the golden-brown kulichi cool on a wire rack to room temperature. Decorate with icing, whipped cream, or powdered sugar.

Even a novice housewife can create perfect Easter cakes. Prepare delicious baked goods without wasting a minute of your precious time!

Video: Fluffy Easter cakes in 5 minutes without yeast or fuss from Olesya

You can find countless delicious Easter cake recipes online. I'd like to highlight this video tutorial on making a simple, yet absolutely delicious paska. Soft as fluff, the pastry doesn't fall off. It has a moist, rich dough with a pleasant creamy aroma and hints of citrus—a divine combination.

Kulich is quick to make, and most importantly, perfect results are guaranteed. The channel's creator explains every step of the process in a very accessible and understandable manner. If you want to delight your family and friends with an unusual holiday treat, be sure to check out the YouTube channel "Cooking at Home"!