Bims Yeast Cake Recipes

BALTIMORE PEACH CAKE

Steps:

• Combine 1 teaspoon sugar and milk in a glass measuring cup. Sprinkle yeast over milk and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Add egg and whisk to combine.
• Whisk together flour, salt, and remaining 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Place bowl on mixer fitted with the dough hook. Add milk mixture to flour mixture and beat to combine. Knead dough for 5 minutes. Add butter, piece by piece, and continue to knead until dough is smooth, about 5 minutes. Transfer dough to a buttered bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• Punch down dough and remove from bowl. Pat dough into a buttered 13-by-9 1/2-inch rimmed baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange peaches on dough in a slightly overlapping pattern and sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake until golden brown and set in the center, 40 to 45 minutes. Brush peaches with jelly. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

LEMON YEAST CAKE FROM KING ARTHUR

Steps:

• Grease a 10" tube pan.
• Cake:.
• Combine 3/4 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt.
• Combine warm milk and melted butter, gradually add to flour mixture, mixing for 2 minutes.
• Add eggs, remaining 1 1/2 cups flour, and zest.
• Beat vigorously for 2 minutes.
• Spread dough evenly into pan.
• over, let rise for 1 hour.
• Towards the end of the cake's rising time, preheat oven to 375°F.
• Syrup:.
• Combine sugar and water in saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
• Simmer for about 10 minutes, until the syrup thickens.
• Add lemon juice and remove from heat.
• Bake cake for 22-25 minutes, until tester inserted into center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven.
• Brush half syrup over cake and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
• Turn out onto a rack set over parchment or a pan.
• Brush remaining syrup over newly exposed bottom crust.
• Turn cake right side up onto plate and cool completely.
• Serve with whipped cream and berries.