Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)


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 11th 2018
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 20 min.
Cooking: 50 min.
All in all: 1 hour 10 min.
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Stage 1 - 5 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
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)
Beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
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)
Glaze the top.

Stage 5 - 2 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
Draw a criss-cross pattern with a fork, then bake for about 50 minutes...

Stage 6 - 50 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
...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.
Keeping: Several days at room temperature.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe70 RDI=30 %710 RDI=70 %250 RDI=40 %5,310 RDI=270 %22,220 RDI: 270 %
Per 100 g5 RDI=2 %60 RDI=6 %20 RDI=3 %440 RDI=20 %1,850 RDI: 20 %
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: Gluten, Milk, egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 3.25 €

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