Dreikönigskuchen (Epiphanies cake)

This cake is usually served on January 6 ("Dreikönigstag", Epiphanies day) for breakfast.

Ingredients for a cake of about 25 cm (10 inches) in diameter:

750 g (26.5 ounces) white flour
75 g (2.6 ounces) plus two teaspoons of sugar
½ teaspoon salt
Grind skin of one lemon
100 to 150 g (3.5 to 5 ounces) butter
3 to 3.5 dl (1.25 to 1.5 cups) milk
30 g (1 ounce) yeast
5 tablespoons of warm water
2 eggs
200 g (7 ounces) sultanas (dried grapes)
1 token (e.g. a dried bean)

Preparation:

Mix flour, sugar, salt and lemon in a bowl.
Melt the butter and add the cold milk.
Dissolve yeast in water and add two teaspoons of sugar.
Stir the eggs and add flour mix of 1.
Knead to a soft dough.
Add sultanas and the token and distribute them evenly in the dough.
Tear dough apart and form six or eight pieces the size of a fist. You may form one bigger piece as the center piece of the cake. Arrange the pieces around the center piece as shown in the picture above. Place the cake of a well buttered form.
Let grow in a warm place until the size has doubled.
Let cool for about one hour.
Before baking, sweep with the yellow of an egg.
Bake for about 40 to 50 minutes in the lower part of the pre-heated oven at about 225 degree Celsius (440 degree Fahrenheit).

Note: Let cool and add a crown made out of paper or so.

Who will become king or queen ?
Each person takes a piece from the cake. The one with the token will be king or queen of the day and all participants have to fullfil a wish of the king or queen ...

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