Rosca De Reyes - Recipe

Here is the famous, traditional recipe of the Three King's Cake:
You will need:

• 1 kilo of flower
• 100 gram of margarine (approximately 2 huge spoons)
  
• 200 gram of sugar
• 100 ml of water
• 4 eggs
  
• 30 gram of dried yeast
• dash of grated lemon skin
• dash of grated orange skin
• 1 cup of cajeta
• coco
• raisins
• 1 slice of candied ananas
• candied citron (acitron)
  
• candied cherries
• candied orange
• 3 candied figs
• 1 egg to glaze
  

Preparation:

• Combine flower with yeast add margarine, sugar, eggs, water. Mix.
• Add more flour if necessary to form a soft dough
• Now add grated skins. Punch down dough while mixing,
• Mix thoroughly. If you wish place inside the porcelain tiny doll.
• Place in bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until double - about 1 hour.
• Roll the dough with a rolling pin into a long stripe (50cm x 20cm x 1cm)
• Glaze the edge of the rolled dough with a thin layer of the egg to be able to paste close the ring (rosca),
  
• Shape the loaf: put cajeta along in the middle of the cake and roll the dough covering the cajeta. The cajeta has to be inside the roll. Now form the crown,
• Place on greased baking sheet, glaze with egg white,
• Decorate with candied fruits,
• Let bread rise in warm place for 30 minutes.
• Sprinkle top with sugar.
• Preheat oven to 180° C (350° F)
• Cooking time: 35-40 minutes

BUEN PROVECHO !!!