Mastic is perhaps most known for being in Greek Easter bread around Easter, partly because it was used in Bake Off Challenge a few years back along with Mahlab, which are ground up kernels from sour cherries. This Steenbergs version is more cake than bread being yeast free.
Easter Cake Recipe or Holy Bread Cake Recipe
The Steenbergs twist on Lebanese Easter buns using Mahlab and mastic. Our version is yeast free so more cake than bread.
Ingredients
| 3 cups | Bread Flour (strong flour) |
| 2/3 cup | sugar |
| ½ teaspoon | salt |
| 1 teaspoon | bicarbonate of soda |
| ½ teaspoon | organic ground nutmeg |
| ¼ teaspoon | baking powder |
| 2 teaspoons | ground mahlab |
| 1/8 teaspoon | mastic pebbles(must be ground with a pestle and mortar) |
| 3 | medium eggs |
| ½ cup | sunflower or vegetable oil |
| ½ cup | plain yoghurt or coconut yoghurt to make it dairy free |
| 1 ½ fl oz | Steenbergs organic rosewater |
Method
- Zest of one large orange or 1 ½ oz Steenbergs organic orange extract
- Combine the above ingredients till it resembles a thick cake batter without lumps
- Spoon into a lined 2lb loaf tin and cook for 40 minutes at 180’c
- Cool, slice and eat when cold
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