Dough for cake on dry yeast

1. Pour the milk into a saucepan, send it to the fire. Let's warm it up a little, about to room temperature. You can also warm it up in a microwave oven using a suitable container for this.

2. In warm milk, we dissolve dry yeast. Mix it so that there are no lumps left. Sift half a portion of flour into the same bowl, knead the dough. It will turn out to be runny, it looks like pancakes.

3. Cover the bowl with the dough with a lid, warm it with a towel on top. Leave for half an hour. During this time, the sourdough will double in size. If this does not happen, you need to leave the sourdough for some more time.

4. Beat egg yolks with sugar using a mixer. Add a pinch of cardamom and vanilla. Melt the butter in a microwave oven, then pour it into the yolk mass.

5. We combine the resulting mass with sourdough, sift the rest of the flour here. Knead the dough. You need to knead slowly, for at least 20 minutes. The dough will stop sticking to your hands, it will become elastic.

6. Return the finished dough to the bowl, cover with a towel and leave for an hour, let it fit. Meanwhile, we put the raisins in a small container and pour warm water. We do not leave it for a long time, literally for 2 minutes. Then drain the water, let it dry. Dry raisins are rolled in a small amount of flour. If this is not done, the raisins will not be evenly distributed over the dough, but will settle to the bottom of the cake.

7. After the specified time, we put the raisins into the dough, knead it well. Again we leave it for an hour. And then we put the dough into molds. The molds must be pre-lubricated with vegetable or butter, sprinkle with flour. It is necessary to fill the molds only by 1/3 of the total volume, since the cakes rise strongly during baking.

Well, it remains to bake - and the most delicious delicacy will delight relatives and friends!