Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake)
Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake)

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, roscón de reyes (three kings cake). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake) is something that I have loved my entire life.

Authentic New Orleans King Cake in several flavors. Order now and receive the next day. Baked & Shipped from New Orleans; Different flavors. This date commemorates the visit the Three Wise Men made to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have roscón de reyes (three kings cake) using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake):
  1. Get 400 g flour
  2. Get 3 eggs
  3. Take 100 g butter
  4. Make ready 100 g sugar
  5. Take 1 tsp baking powder
  6. Prepare 1/4 liter milk (250 ml)
  7. Prepare zest of 1 lemon
  8. Make ready dried mixed peel for decorating
  9. Make ready salt
  10. Make ready Small trinkets and a broad bean/fava bean

The cake's round format represents a king's crown. One of my favorite parts of celebrating the holidays in Santander, Spain with my inlaws is the day we get the Roscón de Reyes. In Spain, epiphany is the main Christmas holiday. This delicious cake is eaten with hot chocolate on the night of Epiphany when the Three Kings arrive and leave gifts for children.

Instructions to make Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake):
  1. Mix the baking powder in a glass with 4 Tbsp of the milk then add this to 100 g of the flour and mix together until it forms a dough type mixture. Cover with a clean tea towel and set aside until it doubles in size.
  2. Place the rest of the flour (300g) in a bowl and add the eggs, sugar, pinch of salt, the rest of the milk and zest of the lemon. Mix well then add the butter and continue mixing for a further 2 mins then add the dough mixture. Once a smooth dough has been achieved cover and set aside for 2 hours.
  3. After 2 hours knead the mixture a little before placing it on a greased baking tray in the form of a ring. Put some little figures wrapped up in foil inside the mixture and also a broad bean.
  4. Brush with milk, decorate using the mixed peel, lightly sprinkle with sugar and place in a pre-heated oven (160°C/320°F) for 15 - 20 minutes.

In Spain, epiphany is the main Christmas holiday. This delicious cake is eaten with hot chocolate on the night of Epiphany when the Three Kings arrive and leave gifts for children. Whoever finds the Christ Child figure in the cake is crowned and becomes the 'king' or 'queen' of the banquet. Whoever finds the bean has to pay for next year's roscón. Kids are waiting for the three kings (Three wise men) bringing them gifts they wanted to have all year long.

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