Easter cake with raisins – 7 delicious and easy recipes for the holiday + video

The bright holiday of Easter is just around the corner, which means it's time to find the most delicious and unusual recipes for the holiday table. Of course, the main dish of this holiday is the Easter cake. Housewives strive to find an interesting filling and come up with vibrant decorations to surprise everyone with their mouth-watering baked goods. Many know that just one ingredient can completely change the flavor of a baked good; the key is to experiment wisely. I've compiled 7 simple and delicious step-by-step recipes that every housewife should definitely try.

Curd cake with raisins

This fluffy, airy, and incredibly aromatic cottage cheese kulich will win everyone's heart. Its pleasant, delicate creamy vanilla flavor will leave no one indifferent.

Ingredients

• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Cottage cheese – 250 g
• Flour – 1 – 2 tbsp. (250 ml)
• Sugar – 350 g
• Butter – 150 g
• Vanilla – ½ tsp.
• Soda – ½ tsp.
• Vinegar – 3 tsp.
• Raisins – to taste

Cooking time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Beat the eggs until they form a thick foam.

Step 2

Add sugar in small portions until it is completely dissolved.

Step 3

Pour in the melted butter.

Step 4

Add soft, room-temperature cottage cheese to the egg mixture. Beat until smooth.

Step 5

Add 1/3 of the flour. Stir. Add the baking soda.

Step 6

Transfer the dough to a larger container. Add vanilla. Pour in the remaining dough.

Step 7

Stir the raisins into the dough. Grease the pan with vegetable oil. Spread the dough out. Let it rest at room temperature for 5-10 minutes.

Step 8

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Bake the kulich at 180 degrees Celsius for 40 minutes. It's ready.

Kulich Kraffin: with raisins, nuts, and chocolate

Craffins are a relatively new baked good for Russian home cooks. This unusual pastry, which combines elements of a croissant and a muffin, originates from the United States. This trendy baked good looks very presentable, and the taste doesn't compromise one iota on classic recipes.

Ingredients

For the dough

• Milk – 300 ml
• Sugar – 20 g
• Dry yeast – 5 g
• Flour 150 g

For the test

• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Flour – 500 g
• Sugar – 100 g
• Butter – 200 g
• Salt – ½ tsp.
• Dough

For the filling

• Raisins – 200 g
• Nuts – to taste
• Chocolate – to taste
• Dried poppy seeds – to taste

For the syrup

• Water – 100 ml
• Sugar – 100 g

Cooking time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Servings: 6

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Melt sugar in warm water.

Step 2

Add the washed raisins to the cooled syrup. Let them soak for a couple of hours. Do the same with the nuts.

Step 3

Combine the sifted flour with the yeast. Add sugar.

Step 4

Pour the dry ingredients into the warm milk. Mix until smooth.

Step 5

Cover the dough with a towel and place in a warm place for 30 minutes.

Step 6

In a bowl, mix eggs, sugar and a pinch of salt.

Step 7

Add the dough and mix.

Step 8

Pour in the sifted flour.

Step 9

Add 100 g of room temperature butter. Knead the dough.

Step 10

Place the dough on a floured surface and knead.

Step 11

Transfer the dough to a bowl. Cover with a towel. Place in a warm place.

Step 12

Divide the risen dough into 6 pieces and form into balls.

Step 13

Roll each ball of dough into thin rectangles.

Step 14

Grease the dough with butter. Add the filling (raisins, nuts, or chocolate). Roll into a roll.

Step 15

Using a sharp knife, cut the roll in half lengthwise. Roll the ends outward into a "snail." Place the rolled strips one on top of the other.

Step 16

Place the cruffin into the pan. Set aside in a warm place for 1 hour to allow the dough to rise.

Step 17

Bake the cruffins in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 30 minutes. Done!

Easter cake with candied fruit and raisins

Candied fruit is an unusual addition to Easter cake that's completely worth the taste. This filling is sure to surprise and delight your guests.

Ingredients

• Eggs – 6 pcs.
• Milk – 500 ml
• Flour – 1 kg
• Sugar – 300 g
• Butter – 200 g
• Vanillin – ½ tsp.
• Yeast – 14 g
• Raisins – 300 g
• Candied fruits – 200 g

Cooking time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Servings: 4

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Add yeast to warm milk.

Step 2

Sift 500 g of flour. Mix.

Step 3

Cover the dough with a towel and put it in a warm place for half an hour.

Step 4

Add sugar and vanilla to 6 yolks.

Step 5

Beat 6 egg whites with a pinch of salt until foamy.

Step 6

Add the mashed egg yolks and sugar to the risen dough and mix.

Step 7

Add the whipped egg whites.

Step 8

Add melted butter. Stir.

Step 9

Sift the remaining flour. Knead the dough.

Step 10

Add raisins and candied fruit. Stir the filling into the dough.

Step 11

Cover the dough with a towel and set it aside in a warm place. When the dough has risen, grease the baking pans with butter. Transfer the dough.

Step 12

When the dough rises in the pans, bake for the first 10 minutes at 100 degrees, then increase the temperature to 180.

Step 13

Cut the cooled, golden-brown Easter cakes and serve.

Delicious and simple yeast Easter cake with raisins

This easy-to-make yeast kulich is distinguished by its incredibly fluffy and airy dough. This soft, raisin-filled pastry is easy to make and tastes amazing.

Ingredient

• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Milk – 100 ml
• Flour – 370 g
• Sugar – 100 g
• Butter 150 g
• Vanilla extract – ½ tsp.
• Dry yeast – 1.5 tsp.
• Zest of 1 lemon
• Raisins – to taste

Cooking time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Prepare the dough. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar and yeast to the warm milk and stir. Let it rest for 15 minutes.

Step 2

In a bowl, lightly beat eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla extract.

Step 3

Pour in the dough and stir.

Step 4

Sift the flour in parts, kneading the dough after each addition.

Step 5

Carefully stir the previously soaked raisins into the dough.

Step 6

Add soft butter to the dough in small pieces.

Step 7

Place the kneaded dough into a clean container, cover with cling film, make a small hole in the film and leave to rise for 1 - 1.5 hours.

Step 8

Once the dough has risen, transfer it to a floured work surface. Form the dough into a ball. You can divide it into two smaller kulich.

Step 9

Grease the Easter cake pan with a little butter. Transfer the dough into the pan.

Step 10

Leave the dough to rise at room temperature or in an oven preheated to 40–45 degrees.

Step 11

Bake the risen Easter cakes in the oven at 180 degrees for 30–40 minutes.

Step 12

Decorate the kulich with chocolate icing, cream, and powdered sugar. Enjoy!

Yeast-raisin Easter cake in a bread machine

For the modern woman, it's crucial to not waste a minute. A bread maker is a great kitchen appliance that will save you time in the kitchen. And the kulich made according to this recipe is indistinguishable from a handmade product.

Ingredients

• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Milk – 100 ml.
• Flour – 400 g
• Sugar – 100 g
• Butter – 100 g
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Dry yeast – 1.5 tsp.
• Vanillin – to taste
• Salt – 1 to taste
• Raisins – to taste

Cooking time: 2 hours 50 minutes

Servings: 1

Step-by-step recipe

Step 1

Pour room temperature milk into the bread machine bucket.

Step 2

Add vegetable oil and eggs.

Step 3

Pour in the melted and cooled butter in the microwave.

Step 4

Add sugar, salt and vanilla.

Step 5

Add sifted wheat flour and dry yeast. Knead the dough in a bread machine on the appropriate setting.

Step 6

Mix the raisins with flour so that the filling is evenly distributed throughout the dough and does not sink to the bottom.

Step 7

Once the kneading process is complete, switch the bread machine to the "Sweet Pastry" or "Bake" mode, depending on your machine's functionality. After the beep, add the raisins to the dough. Leave the kulich to bake.

Step 8

Remove the kulich from the bread machine. Let it cool. It's ready!

Delight your family and friends on Easter Sunday with delicious Easter cakes with a variety of fillings, made using simple recipes!

Video: Classic Easter cake with raisins and icing by Yulia Vysotskaya

There's hardly a homemaker who hasn't used Yulia Vysotskaya's recipes and culinary life hacks. The TV presenter's YouTube channel features a wide variety of food and drink recipes. But baking holds a special place in the restaurateur's heart. This culinary masterpiece loves sharing her secrets for creating fluffy, aromatic, and rich baked goods that melt in your mouth and tantalize your senses.

On Vysotskaya's channel, I found a simple recipe for a delicious classic Easter cake with raisins and icing. This Easter treat is incredibly easy to make, yet rich and delicious. The author describes in detail the preparation process for the perfect Easter cake.