On the 6th of January we celebrate the Three Kings Day here in Switzerland. It marks the end of the Christmas season and celebrates the visit of the Wise men to the Baby Jesus. To honor this arrival, a Three Kings Cake is made and if you visit any bakeries or supermarkets right now in Switzerland, you will see Three King Cakes for sale. The Three Kings Cake is a sweet bread, similar to a Challah or braided bread and shaped like a flower. In addition, a King is hidden in one of the pieces and whoever gets the piece with the King inside is crowned King for this day.
Preparation:
- 500 g flour
- 3 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 30 g fresh yeast
- 3 dl milk
- 75 g butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 almond
- 1 dl milk
- sliced almonds and coarse sugar for decoration
Warm the milk in a saucepan until lukewarm and dissolve gently the yeast in the milk.
Melt the butter in another saucepan.
Combine the flour, the sugar and the salt and form a little hollow in the middle.
Pour the yeast – milk mixture and the melted butter in the hollow and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic for about 10 minutes.
Place the dough in a bowl and coat the bowl with a wet towel and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume for about 90 minutes.
Knead the dough once more and let it rise for another 90 minutes.
When the dough has doubled the volume once more, knead the dough. Then cut the dough into 4 pieces.
Form a roll of one of the pieces, this will be the middle roll.
Cut the three restless pieces in half once more and form 6 small rolls, placing the almond into one of the rolls.
Place the big roll onto the baking sheet, then place the six smaller rolls around the larger one and let it rise for another 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 200° C
Brush each of the rolls with the egg yolk – milk – mixture and sprinkle with the coarse sugar and sliced almonds.
Bake the cake for about 30 minutes.
Happy Three Kings Day!!
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Love this!
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Love this recipes!
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Hi Bridget,This looks royal! Superb click too!!!
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Happy Three Kings day, the photo looks fantastic.
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Thank you so much Liz, I’m glad you liked it! Warmly, Bridget
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That is a gorgeous bread Bridget. And thank you for sharing the story too! You are tempting me to bake it soon 🙂 Warmest, Danny
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Thank you so much Danny, I’m glad you like it! Let me know how it turned out. Have a cheerful Sunday, warmly Bridget
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Thanks for the recipe.
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Thank you for stopping by 🙂 ! Warmly Bridget
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I loved finding out about 3 Kings Day. What a wonderful tradition, and your photo is beautiful!
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Thank you so much Shari, I’m glad you like it! Warmly, Bridget
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This is amazing, I love this tradition! Your Three Kings Cake looks beautiful and your photos are gorgeous!
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What a regal cake, and a nice change from all the French galettes des rois I’ve been seeing all week. (Though aren’t those wonderful, too?)
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Beautiful!!! On Rosh HaShanah, the Jewish new year, the dough is a bit different (adding raisins) and the Challah is braided into a special crown shape, (the God’s crown….!) Certain traditions are always beautiful…
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What an interesting, yummy tradition! Beautiful photo chica! Celeste 🙂
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Thank you so much! Have a wonderful day, warmly, Bridget
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So festive! Lovely 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Great photos, I really like the pretty crown!
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Thank you, glad you like it!
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This looks so pretty! Love the crown on top! A lovely tradition, indeed! 😀 xx
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Thank you! Warmly, Bridget
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That looks like a delicious bread! What a nice tradition!
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Thank you, I’m happy you like it! Warmly, Bridget
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Beautiful!! I might want to adopt the tradition, sounds lovely!
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It is always a lot of fun too.. Warmly, Bridget
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I love these sorts of traditions. Always happy to hear of younger generation keeping up age old traditions. How fun to be crowned King for the day.
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It is a lot of fun for all ages indeed! Thank you so much for stopping by, warmly Bridget
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cute tradition!
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Thank you, so happy you like it! Warmly Bridget
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What a precious tradition! Thanks for sharing a bit of culture. By now, everyone is done with the holidays and they are already long forgotten. Wish we celebrated this day to extend the joy. 🙂
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Hey Leilani, you can celebrate your own Three Kings Day next year and adopt this tradition 🙂 Have a wonderful day, Bridget
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I had to share this post with my oldest daughter. We visited Switzerland together quite a few years ago and loved every bit of it. The cake looks wonderful.
Lillian
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Dear Lillian, thank you, I’m so happy you like it and that it reminds you of good times you’ve had with your daughter in Switzerland! Warmly, Bridget
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What a great cake. I love challah and any egg bread. A lovely tradition, too.
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Thank you so much! Have a cheerful day, warmly Bridget
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Looks gorgeous 😍 happy three kings day 🎉
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Thank you so much! Have a great day, warmly Bridget
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The crown in the middle is so festive! Thank you for sharing the holiday tradition in Switzerland
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Thank you so much for liking and for stopping by. Kind regards, Bridget
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this is beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂 Warmly, Bridget
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