Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and pieces of glacé chestnuts are incorporated in the dough.
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Last modified on: October 13th 2010
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
125 g flour - 2
125 g chestnut flour - 3
125 g butter - 4
125 g caster sugar - 5
4 eggs - 6
1 sachet baking powder - 7
100 g marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) (optional) - 8
1 pinch salt - Total weight: 850 grams
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How long does it take?
Time required
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 23 min. | 30 min. | 53 min. |
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Put in a bowl or the bowl of your food processor, 125 g butter and 125 g caster sugar.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Cream together.
Stage 3 - 7 min.
Add 4 eggs then sieve 125 g chestnut flour, add 1 sachet baking powder, 125 g flour, and finally 1 pinch salt and 100 g marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) cut small.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Mix until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous mixture.
Preheat oven to 392°F (200°C).
Preheat oven to 392°F (200°C).
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Pour the mixture into a cake mould, and put in the oven for about 30/40 minutes.
Stage 6 - 30 min.
Check cooking after 30 minutes.
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.
If you are making a cake for adults (I just mean "that will not be eaten by children"), I recommend you soak the glacé chestnuts for an hour or two in a little whisky, and then incorporate a tablespoonful of this soaking whisky into the mixture. Use any whisky left over to make Irish coffee.
If you are making a cake for adults (I just mean "that will not be eaten by children"), I recommend you soak the glacé chestnuts for an hour or two in a little whisky, and then incorporate a tablespoonful of this soaking whisky into the mixture. Use any whisky left over to make Irish coffee.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 6.40 €
Source
Home madeMore recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm haricot bean salad, Doughnuts, Mussels marinière, Breton Sandwich, Flognarde, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Home-made terrine of foie gras, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Mouna, Nanou's chocolate cake, Finger biscuits, ... All |
| Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Toffee apple upside-down cake, Pistachio madeleines, Flamiche, Cod loin with saffron, Brownie, ... All |
| Chestnut flour: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Corsican tarts, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, ... All |
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