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 : Photo of step #1
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 : Photo of step #2
In a container with high edges preferably (more convenient to pour then) pour the 100 g Noisette butter.

Stage 3 - 4 min.
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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.
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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 : Photo of step #5
Slowly reduce the speed, then gently pour the previous mixture.

Stage 6
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Stop as soon as the mix is homogeneous.

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

Your dough is ready.

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

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

Stage 10
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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.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,620 Kcal or 10,969 Kj35 gr334 gr133 gr
131 %14 %32 %20 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
314 Kcal or 1,315 Kj4 gr40 gr16 gr
16 %2 %4 %2 %
Per cake
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
2,620 Kcal or 10,969 Kj35 gr334 gr133 gr
131 %14 %32 %20 %
% 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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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
Caster sugarCaster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple Strudel, Panettone, Strawberry Charlotte, French Family Cake, Apple confectioner's custard, ... All
Liquid creamLiquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio panna cotta with custard, Rosemary steamed fish, Crusty cockle tart, Ham pasta bake, Pistachio tiramisu, ... All
FlourFlour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond macaroon cake, Special small breads, Nanou's tuna tart, Tomato tatin, Walnut short bread, ... All
Noisette butterNoisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Génoise (Genoa sponge), Grapefruit moelleux, Pistachio madeleines, Pistachio "Financiers", Chocolate madeleines, ... All
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