Vegan St John's Cake

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    2hrs 35mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    330
based on 2 ratings

A sweet bread to celebrate Summer solstice decorated with dried fruits and pine nuts.

recipe updated 8 Oct. 2024

Ingredients

  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    1
  • Orange icon
    Orange
    1
  • Bread flour icon
    Bread flour
    270 g
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    60 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½ teaspoon
  • Almond milk icon
    Almond milk
    as needed
  • Almond milk icon
    Almond milk
    150 ml
  • Sunflower oil icon
    Sunflower oil
    35 ml
  • Orange blossom water icon
    Orange blossom water
    10 ml
  • Dried yeast icon
    Dried yeast
    10 g
  • Pine nuts icon
    Pine nuts
    20 g
  • Cherries candied icon
    Cherries candied
    50 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Work surface

Step preview

  1. Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
  2. Attach the Dough Tool
  3. Add almond milk, sunflower oil, orange blossom water and dried yeast to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  4. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  5. Mix with splashguard fitted - 5 min, 30°C, Speed Min
  6. Then add bread flour, sugar, salt, lemon and orange to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  7. Mix with splashguard fitted - 10 min, Speed Min
  8. Remove the Dough Tool
  9. Prove with splashguard fitted - 2 hr, 30°C, Speed OFF
  10. Line a clean work surface with parchment paper
  11. Transfer content of Cooking Chef XL Bowl to work surface
  12. Cover with kitchen towel
  13. Let rest - 10 min
  14. Roll the dough into an oval shape, 1 cm thick
  15. Transfer content of work surface to baking sheet
  16. Let rest - 20 min
  17. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  18. Brush with almond milk
  19. Decorate with pine nuts, cherries candied and caster sugar
  20. Bake - 20 min, 180°C
  21. Let cool on round wire rack
  22. Serve
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