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Gata bread (cake). Great recipe for Gata bread (cake). A thick gorgeous, aromatic, golden outside, soft and sweet inside Armenian cake. Gata can be found in variety of size, shape, fillings and versions.

Gata bread (cake) The filling, known as khoritz in Armenian, is a mixture of chopped walnuts, flour, butter, sugar, and vanilla that's similar to a streusel. The gata is filled with just a single layer, making it easy to assemble and shape. Armenian gata is a celebratory sweet bread.

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Great recipe for Gata bread (cake). A thick gorgeous, aromatic, golden outside, soft and sweet inside Armenian cake. Gata can be found in variety of size, shape, fillings and versions.

Gata bread (cake) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It's easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. Gata bread (cake) is something which I've loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gata bread (cake) using 18 ingredients and 25 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Gata bread (cake):

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

The soft decorated loaves are filled with a thick custard like filling. This is a bread that can be passed off as a pastry. If you want to make Gata for yourself then you can follow the instructions below. Gata is an Armenian pastry or sweet bread.

Steps to make Gata bread (cake):

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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It is similar to a coffee cake. In Western Armenian, it is called Katah. The types of Gata vary depending on the specific towns or regions where Gata is being made. Gata is an Armenian sweet pastry. Gata is also know as coffee cake as it's often served with coffee.

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