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"Moelleux" cake batter

This French-style "moelleux" cake batter gives a softer, moister texture than a classic cake batter. It can be made plain or varied with different flavourings.

25K 6 3.3

Last modified on: January 26^th 2022

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For 1 kg 950 g, you will need:

1 210 g butter
2 450 g egg ( How to... )
3 570 g caster sugar
4 30 g Vanilla sugar
5 300 g cream
6 510 g flour
7 9 g baking powder
Total weight: 2,079 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
9 min.	10 min.	19 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

In a small saucepan, prepare a noisette butter with 210 g butter.

Leave to cool.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Mix 450 g egg, 570 g caster sugar and 30 g Vanilla sugar in a small bowl with a whisk.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Add 300 g cream and mix again.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Sieve 510 g flour and 9 g baking powder into the mixture.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

And mix in thoroughly.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Finish by adding the noisette butter and mix one last time.

Stage 7

Your "moelleux" cake batter is ready. Cover with plastic film and refrigerate until needed (it can very well be done the day before).

Stage 8

This recipe is only for the dough, but if you just want to make a cake with it, put it in a pan and bake at 360°F (180°C) for about 40 minutes.

Remarks

This recipe just covers how to make the basic batter. Please see the other recipes that include it for how use and bake it.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made, based on a recipe by Gaëtan Paris..

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
7,194 Kcal or 30,120 Kj	113 gr	992 gr	319 gr
360 %	43 %	94 %	48 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
346 Kcal or 1,449 Kj	5 gr	48 gr	15 gr
17 %	2 %	4 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 950 g : 5.85 €

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	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry feuilleté, Caramelized apple and walnut cake, Blackberry and almond fondant tart, Quick orange marmalade, Pistachio shortbread biscuits, ... All
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