@stimburgarin shared a recipe for Traditional "Kaiser Cakes" yesterday, so I decided to give it a try myself and see how it turned out! I have set Stimburgarin as a beneficiary for post rewards, but you should probably check out the original post to see how it's supposed to be done and pass along a direct upvote there, too.
After looking through my measuring implements, I found a kitchen scale marked in kilograms, two different measuring cups marked in milliliters, plus my sorta-reliable digital scale for smaller quantities.
I can do this.
Dry ingredients:
300 grams white flour (I used unbleached white flour)
100 grams whole wheat flour
20 grams active dry yeast
10 grams sugar
10 grams salt
Wet ingredients:
100 ml milk (I used almond milk)
20 ml sunflower oil (I had olive oil instead)
water as needed
Whole wheat flour
Active dry yeast
My digital scale has a "tare" button to automatically deduct the weight of the container so I can just directly read the ingredient measurement. The number wanders a bit right of the decimal point, so this is not scientific precision, but it should be accurate enough for this task.
Dry ingredients combined
The seldom-used metric side of my Pyrex measuring cup
Directions:
Mix dry ingredients and then add wet ingredients to form a dough.
I used just over 200 ml of water, and the dough was a bit stiff. I may add more milk and reduce the water if I try this again. Almond milk added a nice flavor, too, so I may substitute more for some of the water, and you may want to try it even if you aren't allergic to dairy.
Making Biscuits
I let the dough raise for one hour as instructed. Then, while the oven preheated to 355°F (180°C), I formed balls of dough and placed them in lightly greased Pyrex pie plates. I also slightly squished them flatter so they were no longer sorta-spherical.
One pan was too snug, but two is too spread out. Oh, well.
After 15 minutes or so, the oven was preheated and I put the pans inside to bake until golden brown and done in the center. I neglected to record the time, unfortunately. However, when I pulled the pans out, the result was this:
Conclusion
These taste somewhere between biscuits and dinner rolls with just a hint of sweetness. Not bad! I'm not sure I'd use the term "cake," but this will definitely be part of supper tonight. I sliced and diced leftover pork as part of the supper planning process, too. It will probably be mixed into gravy and then poured over rice or noodles.
I also spent some time making dough for pizza since I was already making a mess with those ingredients. Now I have three crusts in the freezer for the next time a sudden pizza craving hits, and I can just add tomato sauce and toppings before baking. I even started some pretzel dough, and I need to stop typing this so I can finish the twisting and boiling process. I'll freeze the pretzels, too.
All told, it was a productive afternoon in the kitchen.
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