All Souls’ Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 5 1/2 cups unsifted flour, more if needed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons active dry yeast (2 pkg.)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 2/3 cup hard margarine or 2/3 cup butter
• 4 eggs, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon anise extract
• 1 teaspoon orange extract
• 1 egg, beaten

Recipe

• 1 mix 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, salt and undissolved yeast thoroughly in large bowl.
• 2 combine milk, water and margarine in saucepan; place over low heat until liquids are warm. margarine does not need to melt. add to dry ingredients gradually; beat with electric mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. add 4 eggs, anise and orange extracts and 1 cup flour; beat at high speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. stir in enough remaining flour to make soft dough. cover; let rise in warm place free from draft for about 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. stir down. turn out onto lightly floured board; divide in half.
• 3 shape each half into ball, reserving about 1/4 cup dough from each half for trim. place balls in 2 well greased 8-inch round cake pans. make four 3-inch bone shapes, four 1 1/2 inch tears and 1 round ball about 1 inch in diameter from each half of reserved dough.
• 4 place ball on top center of dough; arrange tears and bones around side. cover; let rise in warm place free from draft for about 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. brush lightly with beaten egg, keeping egg from dripping onto side of cake pan; sprinkle dough with sugar. bake in preheated 375°f degree oven on lowest rack position for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until done. remove from pans; cool on wire rack.
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