Chestnut cake


Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
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Last modified on: May 8th 2020

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23 min.50 min.1 hour 13 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 3 min.
Chestnut cake
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Sieve in a bowl 100 g flour, 100 g chestnut flour, 5 g baking powder and 2 pinches salt.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 1 min.
Chestnut cake
In a container with high edges preferably (more convenient to pour then) pour the 100 g Noisette butter.

Stage 3 - 4 min.
Chestnut cake
Then add 100 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), 100 g liquid cream and 2 tablespoons rum, mix well and set aside.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Chestnut cake
In the bowl of a mixer, pour 150 g caster sugar then 3 Eggs, and whisk, at medium speed first to mix, and then at high speed, until a white and light mixture is obtained.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Chestnut cake
Slowly reduce the speed, then gently pour the previous mixture.

Stage 6
Chestnut cake
Stop as soon as the mix is homogeneous.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
Chestnut cake
Pour the powder mix over it and stir it gently.

Your dough is ready.

Stage 8 - 2 min.
Chestnut cake
Pour into a buttered cake pan.

Stage 9 - 50 min.
Chestnut cake
And cook for about 50 minutes, check cooking 5 minutes before the end.

Stage 10
Chestnut cake
Let cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
You can find chestnut flour in organic stores, it is very necessary to sieve it before using, because it has an unfortunate tendency to become lumpy.
Keeping
Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,772 Kcal or 11,606 Kj35 gr334 gr154 gr
139 %14 %32 %23 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
332 Kcal or 1,390 Kj4 gr40 gr18 gr
17 %2 %4 %3 %
Per cake
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,772 Kcal or 11,606 Kj35 gr334 gr154 gr
139 %14 %32 %23 %
% 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: Gluten, Milk, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 4.43 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Caster sugarCaster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quince compote, Chocolate mug cake, Blackcurrant-almond muffins, Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, Nantes Tourton, ... All
Liquid creamLiquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Plum and almond panna cotta, Crème de foie gras, Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, Creamy risotto with diced vegetables and flax seeds, Pasta with mushrooms, ... All
FlourFlour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tyrolean apple crumble, Oat shortbread biscuits, Grandma Solange's biscuits, Linzer torte, Basic cake batter - the French way, ... All
Noisette butterNoisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio "Financiers", Grapefruit moelleux, Chocolate madeleines, Pancake batter, Génoise (Genoa sponge), ... All
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