In this recipe my daughter Paula (who produces and edits all the videos) and I made a new recipe for the first time: brioche in the shape of a Three King's Cake. We love brioche and as Epiphany approaches we decided to experiment and change up the traditional Mexican Rosca using the brioche as the base for this recipe. This cake is filled with apricot jam and walnuts. I hope you enjoy it, and that you like this new video format.
Happy New Year
00:00 Intro
01:56 How to Make Brioche
12:39 How to Shape Your Three Kings' Cake
15:59 Decorating
23:52 Bible Quote of the Day
BRIOCHE RECIPE [NOTE: This makes enough dough for TWO (2) three kings' cakes]
- 760g flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 15g salt
- 10g instant dry yeast
- ½ cup warm milk
- 6 medium eggs
- 226g (1 cup or 2 sticks) unsalted butter
FILLING AND ROLLING YOUR THREE KINGS' CAKE
- flour to dust your work surface
- 1½ cup apricot jam
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
DECORATIVE PASTE [NOTE: Whatever scraps you have left over of this paste you can roll out and use like sugar cookie dough]
- 113g (1 stick, or ½ cup) butter at room temperature
- 1 egg
- 100-120g (1 cup) powdered sugar
- 1¼ cup flour
- red and pink food coloring
- guava paste, cut into thin slices
- pecans
- 1 Baby Jesus figurine *
- 1 egg, beaten
* Whoever gets the Baby Jesus figurine is responsible for the tamales in February 2, which is when Mexican Catholics celebrate "Dia de la Candelaria" or Candlemas which is when they commemorate the occasion when baby Jesus was presented in the temple 40 days after his birth.