Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake)
Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake)

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This is the day that families get together for a huge feast, unwrap presents (brought by the Three Wise Men/Kings), and head out to watch a parade of elaborately-decorated floats. Kids are waiting for the three kings (Three wise men) bringing them gifts they wanted to have all year long. They finish lunch or dinner with this delicious cake, called Roscon de Reyes. This is a sugar free recipe but it contains so many goodies that it really struggles to qualify as a low carb cake.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook roscón de reyes (three kings cake) using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake):
  1. Make ready 400 g flour
  2. Make ready 3 eggs
  3. Make ready 100 g butter
  4. Get 100 g sugar
  5. Take 1 tsp baking powder
  6. Make ready 1/4 liter milk (250 ml)
  7. Prepare zest of 1 lemon
  8. Get dried mixed peel for decorating
  9. Take salt
  10. Take Small trinkets and a broad bean/fava bean

Whoever finds the bean has to pay for next year's roscón. This date commemorates the visit the Three Wise Men made to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. In Mexico, the day is a gift-giving holiday. Tradition states this bread be served, garnished with the "jewels" of fruit and nuts.

Steps to make Roscón de Reyes (Three Kings Cake):
  1. Mix the baking powder in a glass with 4 Tbsp of the milk then add this to 100 g of the flour and mix together until it forms a dough type mixture. Cover with a clean tea towel and set aside until it doubles in size.
  2. Place the rest of the flour (300g) in a bowl and add the eggs, sugar, pinch of salt, the rest of the milk and zest of the lemon. Mix well then add the butter and continue mixing for a further 2 mins then add the dough mixture. Once a smooth dough has been achieved cover and set aside for 2 hours.
  3. After 2 hours knead the mixture a little before placing it on a greased baking tray in the form of a ring. Put some little figures wrapped up in foil inside the mixture and also a broad bean.
  4. Brush with milk, decorate using the mixed peel, lightly sprinkle with sugar and place in a pre-heated oven (160°C/320°F) for 15 - 20 minutes.

In Mexico, the day is a gift-giving holiday. Tradition states this bread be served, garnished with the "jewels" of fruit and nuts. The holiday, known as the Epiphany, marks the day the wise men arrived to see and bring gifts to the newborn baby Jesus. The soft, buttery yeasted bread is sometimes filled with rum-soaked fruits and decorated with candied. Dia de Reyes or simply Reyes is the day when children in Spain receive gifts from the Reyes Magos-Wise Men or Magi—the three kings who brought baby Jesus gifts.

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