Wheat Ring with Vanilla Cream and Blueberries

 
In Sweden we eat rolled buns with a huge variation of fillings. I usally prefer the regualar cinnamon roll with cinnamon, sugar and butter. This is a more luxurious version of the cake with homemade vanilla cream and handpicked blueberries.  

Wheat Ring

150 grams of butter

1 tbs of cardamom

2 cups of milk

1/2 tsp of salt

1 dl of sugar

1 egg

12 grams of dried yeast
1 tbs baking powder

850-900 grams of flour

Filling:

2 1/2 cup of milk

1 vanilla bean

6 tbs of sugar

3 tbs of cornstarch 

8 egg yolks

50 grams of almond paste
200g of blueberries

Topping:
Sugar pearls (if you can't find sugar pearls, thinly sliced almonds also works well)
Egg (for brushing)

1. Melt the butter in a pot and add the milk, salt, sugar, cardamom and the egg. Let it become 42 C degrees (or 37 if using fresh yeast).

2. Add all the flour to a bowl and mix in the yeast. I prefer doing this stage in a mixer. Add the milk mixture while mixing on slow speed. 

3. Let the machine do the kneading for you on slow spead for approx. 8-10 min. Let the dough rise to dubble size in a warm place. It takes approx. 1 hour. 

4. In the meantime make the filling. Spit the vanilla bean and scrape out all it's seeds and add to the milk togther with the seperated bean. Bring the milk to boil. 

5. Let cool and take out the vanilla bean (you can strain it, just make sure to bring the seeds back). 

6. Mix in the sugar, cornstarch and the yolks and bring back to the heat and let simmer under constant stiring until it becomes really thick. Take it of the heat and let it cool. 

7. Take out the dough when ready and divide it to two parts (makes two).

8. With a rolling pin make a thin rectangle and add the almond paste and vanilla cream on top, then sprinkle over blueberries and if you like it sweet some extra sugar. Roll it and place in a baking tin.

9. Cut the dough with a scissor almost all the way through, with two centimeters in between to make a nice pattern.

10. If there is leftover vanilla cream squeeze it out in the gap between were you made the cut with the scissor to give that little extra touch. Mix an egg and brush it on the cake and sprinkle over the sugar pearls.

11. Heat up the oven to 200 C, in the meantime let the cakes rise a bit.

12. Place in the oven for 25 minutes, then cover it with something so it won't burn and let it be in the oven for another five minutes. Take it out and let cool completely.

Enjoy!