Easter Cakes and Enriched Dough

Enriched dough rises more slowly than bread dough and forgives less: sugar and butter slow fermentation, and the heavy structure needs a different mix. Here is how to get a fibrous crumb, why cakes collapse, and how to plan a baking weekend.

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