Ardéchois
Ardéchois is a deliciously moist regional cake with chestnut cream.
14 K 1/5 (1 reviews)
1 hour
Easy
3.20 €
1 cake
9 IngredientsLast modified on: April 6th 2025
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
100 g butter - 2
2 eggs - 3
50 g caster sugar - 4
200 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 5
1 tablespoon rum (optional) - 6
100 g flour - 7
3 g baking powder - 8
2 pinches salt - 9
1 tablespoon icing sugar (optional) - Total weight: 555 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 45 min.
All in all: 1 hour
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - ⌛ 3 min.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 4 min.
Pour in the melted butter, 200 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) and 1 tablespoon rum.
Mix well.
Note: Keep the butter container for buttering the mould in step 6.
Mix well.
Note: Keep the butter container for buttering the mould in step 6.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 4 min.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.
Mix well again.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.
Brush a 20 cm (8-inch) diameter mould with butter, using the melted butter from step 1 if possible, and place a circle of baking paper on the bottom. This is not essential, but it makes unmoulding much easier.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 1 min.
Pour the batter into the mould.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 40 min.
Bake for approximately 40 minutes (check after 35 minutes).
Stage 9
Leave to cool, and decorate with powdered sugar if desired.
Remarks
For an even more distinctive version, replace half the flour with chestnut flour.
You can replace the rum with whisky, which goes very well with chestnuts.
You can replace the rum with whisky, which goes very well with chestnuts.
Keeping: 2 or 3 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source: After Hervé cuisine
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 3.20 €
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Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
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Butter
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