It is necessary to make the Slava cake the day before the celebration because, on the day of the celebration, the cake is taken to the church early in the morning. Symbolically, the cake represents the suffering of Jesus, namely, the priest cuts the cake in the shape of a cross and pours it with wine, which symbolizes the blood of Jesus. The cake itself is full of symbols. Slava cake decorations of various shapes are specially made. For example, wheat is a symbol of fertility and success, the shape of the grape was usually made by winegrowers, basil is for health, a flower is a symbol of joy, and so on. To make the decorations more impressive, they are made in a special way. For the decorations, you only need flour, water, and salt. It is necessary to knead the ingredients into a hard, but still elastic dough, and there are no special measures for that. My decorating dough is made from approximately 150 grams of flour and two teaspoons of salt. I added water as needed. Of course, when I make anything from the dough, my daughter is there to help. This decoration that you see in the picture that Mila presses into the dough is interesting. It is a stamp with the letters IS HS NI KA (Cyrillic) which is the Greek abbreviation for "Jesus Christ wins". And here is the method of making a rose... When the decorations for the cake are ready, we move on to the main part. Decorations can be made the day before. If it is a day of fasting, the cake is made with water, yeast, and flour, but if it is not, then the recipe is different, and of course, the taste is richer. I really like the butter in the dough, it keeps the cake fresh and soft for longer, and the smell of the butter is fantastic. Ingredients for the dough: Add sugar and yeast to lukewarm milk and water and wait for the yeast to do its work. Place the flour in a large bowl, then add a teaspoon of salt. Make a hole in the flour to add the yeast mixture, then add the beaten eggs. Knead the dough, gradually adding softened butter. The dough should be soft and smooth and, of course, should not stick to your fingers. The dough is ready to play with it and make our wonderful authentic Slava cake. I divided the dough into three parts. One was slightly larger than the other two. Before you start arranging the pieces of dough, you need to prepare the baking dish. Usually, the cake is baked in a pan that is deeper, in order to gain height. Grease the pan with butter or put baking paper on it. I put the first part on the bottom of the pan and pressed it a little almost to the edges of the pan. I covered it with egg white, for the next layers of dough. Egg whites are like glue :) From the second part, I made a braid that I connected in a circle and put it over the first part of the dough. I made five balls from the third part. I placed them inside a circle of braid in the shape of a flower. Now cover the cake with a cotton cloth and let it rest and rise for about half an hour. After that, you place the decorations you made over the dough. Coat the decorations on the side that goes on the cake with egg whites or water, so that they do not fall out. Bake the cake in a preheated oven for about 45 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. When the cake is ready, cover it with a cloth to soften it a little. And that is that. Lovely, tender, and fragrant, my Slava cake turned out exactly as I wanted. Making Slava cake was a real pleasure for me, although it requires a lot of dedication and time. All that symbolism around the cake and what it represents is wonderful. Loved ones - friends and family - are invited to Slava. They all come to the festive lunch and each of them will get a piece of the Slava cake. Behind all that is the symbol of one of the most beautiful human characteristics - love and sharing. That's why I shared with you with a lot of love this story about wonderful authentic Slava cake. Your Snežana
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you have put a lot of symbols in your cake nicely. it looks like you are enjoying the process and it's definitely very emotional for you
Everything you wrote is true @anggreklestari. Bread should be beautiful and every bread is different. It requires time and effort, but when you do something you love, nothing is difficult. 🙂
I really liked the final result, I am very detailed with the preparations, they are the magic that makes everyone happy, when eating a good recipe 👨🏻🍳
Food brings a lot of joy both when it is prepared and when it is eaten, especially when something is made once a year, like this cake 🙂 Thank you for stopping by @edwing357!
Once a year is a long time 😋, but here in my country there is also traditional food that is prepared once a year, only I repeat them 😁.
But don't tell me to anyone 🤣🤗.
This is ritual bread. The symbols are eaten first because they are salty and crunchy 😊 Maybe I'll come up with an easier version that I can make more often 😁
You should do the monthly version 😁👨🏻🍳, to eat it more often 😋, I can help you taste every day 🙃😊, I'm a big eater hahaha.
The symbols made the cake very drool-worthy, not only that, it looks so amazing too!
Thank you very much @afterglow! Yes, details make Slava cake authentic. Greeting.
You're welcome (^_^)
I like the shape.
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I'm so curious about foreign traditions especially about traditional food, this one looks really lovely and warm, the symbols and the fact that the cake represent the family it's really a cute and adorable thing, such a nice tradition, I must ask to one of my fried about it she is Serbian too ❤️
Tradition is a broad and very interesting topic that I like to explore a lot. For example, it is believed that Slava is a pre-Christian custom, dating back to the time when Serbs believed in multiple gods. How difficult it was to eradicate that, when they received Christianity, this custom was only modified with Christian motifs 😊 Thank you very much for your comment @noemilunastorta and greetings to you and your friend 😊
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