American Wise Men's Cake for Mardi Gras

Ingredients:

Pie

• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 packet of dry active yeast
• 2.5 tbsp. bakery flour and a little more for sprinkling
• 2 large egg yolks plus 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp. granulated sugar
• Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 0.5 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 165g butter, melted and cooled, plus a little extra for the bowl

Filling and glaze

• 0.5 cups light raisins
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup toasted pecans, chopped
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp. grated orange zest
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 dry bean or plastic baby figurine
• 0.5 cup powdered sugar
• Purple, green and gold decorative sugar

Preparation:

1. Pie.
   
   Heat the milk in a saucepan, but do not bring it to a boil. Pour it into the bowl of a food processor, add the yeast, and mix. Add 0.5 cups of flour and the egg yolks. Mix everything together. Sprinkle the remaining 2 cups of flour evenly over the mixture, but do not stir. Cover and let sit for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
2. Add 2 eggs, granulated sugar, lemon zest, salt, and nutmeg. Knead for 1 minute until the dough is sticky. With the processor running, slowly pour in the butter and knead into a slightly sticky ball of dough. Transfer to a lightly buttered bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap.
3. Let the dough rise in a warm place for 3 hours. Then turn it out onto a clean work surface and quickly knead it. Form it into a ball and return it to the bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
4. Filling.
   
   Place the raisins in a small saucepan over medium heat and let them simmer. Then remove the saucepan from the heat and add the brown sugar, pecans, vanilla, cinnamon, orange zest, salt, and a bean or plastic figurine. Stir everything together.
5. On a floured work surface, roll the dough into a 50 x 17 cm rectangle, with the long side facing you. Spread the filling evenly over the dough, leaving a 2.5 cm margin at the top and bottom. Roll the dough tightly and press the seam.
6. Place the roll, seam-side down, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Roll it into a ring, pinching the ends together. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 2 hours, until the dough has doubled in size.
7. Preheat oven to 170°C. Bake the roll until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
8. Glaze.
   
   Mix powdered sugar with 3 tablespoons of water. Spread 3 tablespoons of icing over the cake. Sprinkle with decorative sugar in wide stripes and drizzle with icing.