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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.

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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 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

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. 

Method

01
Zest of one large orange or 1 ½ oz Steenbergs organic orange extract
02
Combine the above ingredients till it resembles a thick cake batter without lumps
03
Spoon into a lined 2lb loaf tin and cook for 40 minutes at 180’c
04
Cool, slice and eat when cold