Apricot cakes in the oven

Step 1. How to make cakes with apricots in the oven? Prepare the necessary ingredients. All products should be at room temperature (in cold liquid, sugar and salt do not dissolve well, so get milk and eggs 1-2 hours before cooking). Use the best quality flour. Sifter it for oxygen enrichment. Read the article on flour at the end of this recipe.

Step 2. How to prepare a liquid base for the test? Beat the egg with sugar and salt to a homogeneous consistency. Pour the milk to the whipped egg and stir again until a uniform consistency. Milk is better to take not fatty, 1.5% will be enough. If the milk is homemade, it is better to dilute it half with water.

Step 3. What are dry yeasts and how to use them correctly? Suck the flour into a bowl. Mix the dry yeast with a spoonful of flour. Dry yeast occurs in two forms: active (you must necessarily make a pair) and instant (you can add immediately to the flour). I used the instantaneous in this recipe. Read more about the types and properties of dry yeast in the article at the end of the recipe.

Step 4. How to achieve the perfect consistency of the test? Gradually pour sifted flour into the liquid base, stirring constantly with a spoon. When the mass becomes thick, stir the dough with your hands for another 10 - 15 minutes on a dusty flour countertop. I usually trust this process to the baker, she helps me in this! Add the vegetable oil last. Well-mixed dough is beautiful, smooth, smooth, elastic and does not stick to the hands.

Step 5. How to create the ideal conditions for raising the test? Form a ball from the dough, lubricate it on top with a thin layer of vegetable oil so that a dry crust does not form. Cover the bowl with food film or towel and put in a warm place without drafts for about 1 - 1. 5 hours.

Step 6. How to prepare apricots for filling? Prepare all the necessary ingredients for filling. Wash the apricots and free them from the pits. It is best to do this when the dough is almost ready. Sugar or apricot may be needed more or less, depending on how sweet you like cakes and how much apricot you can fit in one pie.

Step 7. How do you know if the dough is good? Properly fit dough should at least double, and ideally triple in volume compared to the original. That's the most obvious sign. Its surface becomes smooth, elastic and domed. Tiny air bubbles can be seen on the surface under a thin layer of dough - this is a great sign!

Step 8. How to form cakes so that the filling does not leak? Sprinkle the working surface of the table with flour. Carefully lay the dough from the bowl on the table, slightly smear it, and then divide the dough into about 24-26 kolobok (depending on the size of the pies you want to get). Wash each workpiece with your hands in a flatbread, put a few apricots and 1-2 teaspoons of sugar. Hold the edges together well.

Step 9. How to get a golden crust on cakes? Cover the bowl with baking parchment, lubricated slightly with vegetable oil. Put the cakes up with a seam so that the filling does not leak out. For different types of parchment, read the description below. Beat one egg a little. With the help of a brush or paper napkin folded several times, lubricate the cakes with an egg. This will give them a beautiful, shiny, golden look when baking.

Step 10. Why do you need to stir up cakes before baking? Put the cakes on the grating in the oven for about 15 minutes at a minimum temperature. During this time, they will rise well, and the dough will become porous and airy.

Step 11. How to determine the readiness of cakes? Bake cakes at 180 degrees to a golden color. I have an electric top + bottom oven and my cakes were baked for about 25 minutes. The time and temperature are approximately, orientate by your oven. Read more about the ovens in the article at the end of the recipe.

Step 12. What do you want to serve apricot cakes with? Ready cakes sprinkle lightly with water, cover with a towel and let them cool down a little. Serve apricot cakes warm to tea, coffee or cold milk. Sprinkle the powdered sugar for beauty. They will complement breakfast or afternoon meals perfectly. Bon appetit!