European Recipes : Austrian Recipes :Austrian Gugelhupf

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                             AUSTRIAN GUGELHUPF

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Serving Size : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Desserts

   Amount Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
      1/2   c            Milk, warm (110 F to 115F)
    2                    Yeast, active dry packages
    4       c            Flour, all-purpose
    1       c            Butter or margerine
      1/2   c            Sugar
    4                    Eggs
    1       c            Light raisins
      1/4   c            Currants
    2       ts           Orange peel, finely shredded
      1/2   ts           Salt
      1/4   c            Almonds, whole blanched

   Place warm milk in a medium mixing bowl. Sprinkle yeast over milk. Add 1/2
   cup flour. Beat with a large spoon about 1 minute. Cover and let rise in
   a warm place until almost double (40 minutes).
   In a large mixer bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the
   eggs, one at a time, mixing well after adding each. Stir in yeast mixture,
   raisins, currants, orange peel and salt. Gradually stir in the remaining
   3-1/2 cups flour.
   Lightly grease and flour a 9-cup gugelhupf mold or 12-cup fluted tube pan.
   Arange whole almonds in a design in the bottom of the pan. Carefully spoon
   batter over almonds. Cover and let rise in a warm place until almost
   double (about 1 hour). Bake in a 350 F oven about 40 minutes. If necessary
   cover top with foil the last 15 minutes of baking time to prevent over
   browning. Remove from pan. Cool on wire rack. Before serving, sift
   powdered sugar over cake.