Gata bread (cake). Haykush cook. Гата с Орехами из Слоёного Теста - Солёная Гата - Armenian Gata - Рецепт от Эгине - Heghineh. Armenian gata is a celebratory sweet bread. The soft decorated loaves are filled with a thick custard like filling.

It's a pastry with similarities to both croissants and rugelach, but with a personality of its own. Gata is a mildly-sweet Armenian pastry with a shiny glaze crust. It comes in two varieties: plain, or if made for weddings and festive occasions, decorated with an intricate design on its top. You can cook Gata bread (cake) using 18 ingredients and 25 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Gata bread (cake)

It's 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour.
It's 1 of whole egg plus whites from other egg.
Prepare 1 of yolk egg.
It's 20 g of unsalted butter.
You need 2/3 cup of clotted cream.
Prepare 1 of large orange zest.
You need 1 Tbsp of sugar.
You need 1 Tsp. of baking powder.
Prepare Pinch of salt.
Prepare 1 Tbsp. of milk.
Prepare of Ingredients for the filling.
It's 3/4 cup of sugar.
Prepare 20 g of unsalted butter.
You need 1/2 Tsp of cinnamon powder.
Prepare 1/4 Tsp of nutmeg powder.
Prepare 1/2 cup of all purpose flour.
It's 1/2 cup of raisins.
You need 2/3 cup of crushed walnuts.

Gata is sweet bread made of flour, khoriz, and nut. You can find Gata with khoriz in every It is similar to a coffee cake. In Western Armenian, it is called Katah. The types of Gata vary depending on the.

Gata bread (cake) instructions

Using a blender and mix sugar and butter for 2-3 minutes. Then add clotted cream, one whole egg and whites of other egg, and mix for 2 minutes more. In other bowl, mix flour with salt and baking powder. Add flour in two steps and mix 2 minutes..
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Now add orange zest and knead the dough until orange zest combined with dough. Cover the dough and place it in the fridge for 30 minutes..
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While dough is in the fridge, prepare the filling. In a bowl with sugar and butter, add cinnamon, nutmeg and flour. Mix all ingredients and make it crumbly.Now, add crushed walnuts and raisins to the flour and mix well. Preheat the oven at 190C..
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Sprinkle some flour on the working surface and place the dough on the surface and spread it. Put the filling on the centre of the dough.
And gather the sides of the dough and give a round shape. Spread pinch of flour top on the surface of the dough and gently seal the edges..
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Grease the baking pan, and line the pan with parchment paper. Place the dough in the pan and gently tap on the dough..
Mix egg yolk with 1 Tbsp milk and brush top of the cake. Using a folk and make a pattern top of the dough. Place it in the oven and bake it for 30 minutes. This heavenly delicious cake can be saved for a week in the fridge..
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