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French Family Cake

The idea of a "family" cake can mean so many different things, depending on where your family came from. This French version consists of a layer of pears in liquid caramel, topped with a basic cake mixture, similar to the four quarters recipe.

73 K 4/5 (7 reviews)

1 hour 15 min. difficulté

Easy

2.45 €

1 cake

8 Ingredients

Last modified on: October 12^th 2014

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For 1 cake, you will need:

1 2 eggs
2 100 g caster sugar
3 100 g flour
4 100 g butter
5 10 g baking powder
6 4 Pears
7 80 g caster sugar
8 2 tablespoons water
Total weight: 1,240 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 30 min.

Cooking: 45 min.

All in all: 1 hour 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put into a food-processor bowl: 2 eggs, 100 g caster sugar, 100 g flour, 100 g butter (softened and cut into pieces) and 10 g baking powder.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Mix together until the mixture is even and smooth.

Set aside in the fridge.

Heat the oven to 370°F (190°C).

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Peel 4 Pears, remove the stalk and core, then cut into pieces.

Put the pieces into a loaf tin or mould.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Put 80 g caster sugar and 2 tablespoons water into a small saucepan on high heat.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Cook the sugar to light caramel stage...

Stage 6 - 2 min.

...then pour this over the fruit.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Cover with the cake mixture...

Stage 8 - 40 min.

...and bake for about 40 minutes.

Serve warm or cold.

Remarks

Like in a fruit crumble, you can use whetever fruits in season you have to hand.

You can mix different kinds of fruit, too.

Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: My mother.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	360 RDI=30 %	100 RDI=20 %	2,400 RDI=120 %	10,040 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g	2 RDI=1 %	30 RDI=3 %	7 RDI=1 %	190 RDI=10 %	810 RDI: 10 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Gluten, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 1 cake : 2.45 €

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