Not only rich with its cuisine, Latvia hosts many fascinating pagan traditions, particularly around Christmas. Such as a yuletide log being lumbered through Old Riga, followed by dancing and burning it on a huge bonfire, signifying ridding of negatives. In the houses children adorned by animal masks, prance around, again to ward off evil. I call this celebration cake, as it derived from sampling both traditional Latvian Christmas yellow bread and Birthday cake (Kringel). Due to ginger cookies being a big Xmas hit, I had to add a touch...
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Dissolve the yeast in a bowl in half the milk. Set aside for 20 minutes, then add the remaining ingredients to make a dough. Cover with clingfilm, pop into the fridge overnight.
The next day, divide the dough into three long strands of equal size, for plaiting. To plait the dough, pinch one end of the three strands together with your fingers, plait them and pinch at the other end to seal. Now connect the two pinched ends, to produce a plated circle.
Leave for an hour, after 45 minutes, preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5.
After an hour, the plait should have increased in bulk. Place it on a baking tray, brush with the egg yolks, sprinkle with the almonds. Bake for half an hour, until golden.
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