Russian Easter, Kulich and Samovar
>> 5/07/2013
5th of May we celebrated Easter in Russia.
I baked Kulich, a russian easter cake (to my surprise I succeeded, it was very tasty, believe me!). To add "more traditions" to the party I unpacked my grandma's samovar.
When I was a child, every summer I had been sent to my grandmother for summer holidays. Some things I loved about her house were her cute dog and a samovar (we had no pets and no samovar in our city appartment).
We still keep that samovar stored in a board, almost forgotten. So I found it, cleaned and set on the table.
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| Easter baking (Kulich) and samovar |
Recipe of Kulich was taken from "Recipes of Russian Cuisine" blog by Angelica, a Russian lady blogging from Italy. I've never myself baked Kulich before. This recipe is perfect, I made it easily. The recipe ingredients were enough for 3 cakes.
We left one cake at home, the others were for gifts.
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| traditional shape of Kulich |
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| Kulich baked in Lekue Pumpkin silicone mold |
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| Russian Kulich baked in Lekue Imperial Monarch silicone mold, garnished with carved apple |
Russian Easter treats and games are Kulich and eggs exchange, eggs fights, making silly faces in the samovar (not sure it's a tradition :)) we did it when were children).
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| drinking tea with the samovar |
8 коммент. :
Really beautiful, I wish I could join you for tea and cake! The samovar or so beautiful!
Karla (TempleofThai), my samovar is always hot for you :))
Ты просто молодчина!!! Особенно красиво смотриться с самоваром, подносом и прихваткой красной!(у меня тоже такая есть :), но только дома в России). Я очень рада, что вам всем понравилось!!! Удачи!!!
Анжелика, спасибо! Чудесный рецепт, люблю твой блог :))
Я счастлива,Селена, что любишь мой блог!! заходи!!! А я, когда вижу все твои творения, то хочеться смотреть и смотреть!!! Красота!!!!!!!
Selena, everything about this post is so appealing. Wonderful cake and like hearing about your memories, particularly the samovar. Is there a story to go with the beautiful tray standing on edge beside the samovar in the first photograph?
Kathleen, that tray is hand painted, bought by my mom in 80s. That time Russian style was the fashion. Kitchenware, tableware, room decorations and accessories in Russian style, woodwork and metal crafts were in trend.
Today such things can be found in gift shops only, they are quite expensive. Few days ago I passed through a gift store, and saw a samovar there for 500$
Selena your blog is so nice with beautiful pictures of Vegetable Fruit Carving
Thaks for sharing.
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