Panettone Cake
Ingredients
1 C. candied cherries
1/4 C. sweet red wine (marsala -preferred)
3 3/4 C. all-purpose flour
1/3 C. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
5 tsp. quick-rising dry yeast
1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
2/3 C. unsalted butter or margarine, softened
1/4 C. milk
1/2 C. water
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
Zest of half an orange
1/2 C. nuts (pine nuts, walnuts, or hazelnuts)
1/2 C. green candied pineapple wedges
1 powdered sugar for dusting on the top
Cooking Instructions
Soak the cherries in the wine. In the processor bowl fitted with the steel blade, combine flour, sugar, salt, yeast and nutmeg. Pulse to mix. Now cut butter into pieces and arrange on the top. Pulse to blend so that it almost disappears. In a glass measure, combine the milk and water. Microwave on high about 40 seconds, then with a fork, whisk in the vanilla, eggs, and egg yolks. With the processor motor running, drizzle the liquids very slowly into the flour mixture in food processor. Process for 60 seconds. Add orange zest and pulse to mix. Transfer to large glass mixing bowl and cover loosely with a damp tea towel or plastic wrap. Or let the dough rise in a warm draft-free place about 45 to 60 minutes. When dough has doubled in bulk, stir the batter down, then stir in the cherry mixture, nuts and candied pineapple until well distributed in the batter. Grease generously and lightly flour two, 1 pound coffee cans. Cut a parchment or wax paper circle to fit the bottom of each can and add it, dusting and flouring it as well. Spoon the batter into the cans, filling about halfway. Press down slightly. Let rise in a warm, draft free place until nearly doubled in bulk, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 325 degrees. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour, or until evenly browned and a skewer stuck in the center comes out clean. Remove immediately to a rack to cool, then 15 minutes later, slide the cakes out of the pans and lay them on their sides to continue cooling. Dust with powdered sugar while warm. When cooled, wrap in plastic to store..
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