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Agen prune cake

This cake from Agen, in southwestern France, is a type of brioche. Inspired by the famous "tarte au sucre" (sugar tart), it is like a thick "galette" with a moist texture, filled with prunes and marzipan with Armagnac.

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Last modified on: September 16^th 2018

For 1 cake, you will need:

1 200 g Brioche dough
2 30 g beaten egg
3 100 g Marzipan (almond paste)
4 100 g dried prunes
5 2 tablespoons caster sugar
Total weight: 460 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
21 min.	1 hour	30 min.	1 hour 51 min.

Keeping: A few days in a cloth bag.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 hour

Roll out 200 g Brioche dough into a flat round cake 8 inches (20 cm) diameter.

Lay the cake on a baking sheet, then glaze the top.

Leave in a warm place to rise for one hour.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Roll 100 g Marzipan (almond paste) into a long " sausage about half an inch (1 cm) thick.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Cut the marzipan into half-inch (1 cm) chunks.

Cut the prunes into quarters.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Push the marzipan pieces into the top of the well-risen cake.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Stick a piece of prune on top of each piece of marzipan.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Glaze the top of the cake again, then sprinkle with caster sugar.

Stage 7 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 8

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you would like a stronger Armagnac flavour, add 2 tablespoonsful at the end of mixing the brioche dough.

You can make this recipe using an enriched bread dough (pain brioché), rather than a classic brioche dough, but the cake will be plainer.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,263 Kcal or 5,288 Kj	26 gr	178 gr	51 gr
63 %	10 %	17 %	8 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
275 Kcal or 1,151 Kj	6 gr	39 gr	11 gr
14 %	2 %	4 %	2 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,263 Kcal or 5,288 Kj	26 gr	178 gr	51 gr
63 %	10 %	17 %	8 %

% 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).

How much will it cost?

For 1 cake : 2.30 €

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Source

Home made, but recipe inspired by Olivier D, who will recognise his influence....

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	Brioche dough: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche galette, Chinois, Brioche Tatin, Mini apricot and pistachio brioches, Brioche royale, ... All
	Marzipan (almond paste): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Piped petits-fours, Little Christmas biscuits, Arizona cupcakes, How to make marzipan decorations, ... All
	Dried prunes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Stuffed prunes, Prune Far, ... All
	Beaten egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, French croissants, Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Gisèle's Pasties, ... All

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