Ensaimada de Mallorca

Hand-kneaded , how's that for dedication lol 

I've been itching to make some ensaimada , the Filipino version since forever .

As it is a bread , yes , with yeast , I just ignore it and made some easy to make recipe without yeast .

I need to practice making bread as there are loads of wonderful bread  recipe out there .....

As everybody will agree , nothing beats homemade !

sans topping 

But instead of making the Filipino version initially , I stumbled upon this Spanish version .

It is more easy and straightforward and only use 2 eggs  .

I was concerned at first when I read it at Deliciousdays' blog that her dough was sticky since I'm planning to make mine by hand .....

Good thing though that my mine was okay and was easily handled without the need to add more flour .

I made some variations in the filling and been planning to add cream cheese , grated cheese and sugar , peanut butter , apricot jam and strawberry preserves .

The first two , I've forgotten to take out from the fridge -___-''

The peanut butter works very well , though a tad dry , I love the jam and the preserves but the bottom becomes sticky as some of the filling leaked out .

With peanut butter filling

apricot jam filling 

strawberry preserves

One with butter and sugar combo and top with grated cheese 

The taste tester here though thinks that the plain one tastes so-so ....

Me ?! I love it plain or fancy ! But then I made it using elbow grease , right ?! lol

Please check recipe @ kuechengoetter.de , foodielady and deliciousdays