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Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)

Gâteau breton is a rich cake that uses a lot of butter (from Brittany, of course) with sugar, egg yolks and a little rum to add flavour.

This cake is traditionally served with coffee.

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Last modified on: September 11^th 2018

For 1 cake, you will need:

1 500 g flour
2 250 g butter
3 290 g caster sugar
4 10 g Vanilla sugar
5 4 egg yolks
6 1 egg
7 2 tablespoons rum (optional)
8 20 g beaten egg
Total weight: 1,230 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
20 min.	50 min.	1 hour 10 min.

Keeping:

Several days at room temperature

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake) : Photo of step #1

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put into food mixer bowl: 500 g flour, 250 g butter in small pieces, 290 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar, 4 egg yolks, 1 egg and 2 tablespoons rum.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake) : Photo of step #2

Beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake) : Photo of step #3

Tip the mixture straight into a springform (or loose-bottomed) cake tin or mould, ideally 24 cm (9.5 inches) diameter.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake) : Photo of step #4

Glaze the top.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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Draw a criss-cross pattern with a fork, then bake for about 50 minutes...

Stage 6 - 50 min.

Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake) : Photo of step #6

...until nicely browned.

Leave to cool in the tin.

Remarks

Gâteau breton keeps very well, several days easily (several weeks, so they say).

French patisserie normally uses unsalted butter, but for a more authentic Breton flavour, use salted butter for half the quantity.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 cake : 3.63 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tarte Normande, Pistachio shortbread biscuits, Sautéed Green Vegetables, Apple and almond gratin, Chocolate mug cake, ... All
	Beaten egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken and mushroom pie, Caramelised apple pie, Mini palmiers, Chestnut moelleux, Gâteau Basque , ... All

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