Gâteau Nantais


Gâteau Nantais
This traditional cake from the French city of Nantes is deliciously moist, flavoured with almonds, vanilla and rum. For the finishing touch, the top is covered with boozy white icing.
54 K 4.1/5 (28 reviews)
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Last modified on: January 8th 2017
For 1 cake, you will need:

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Resting: 30 min.
Cooking: 35 min.
All in all: 1 hour 30 min.
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Stage 1 - 7 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 125 g butter cut into small pieces, 125 g caster sugar, 10 g vanilla sugar, 50 g flour, 100 g ground almonds, 3 tablespoons rum and 2 pinches salt.

Start mixing on slow speed.

Stage 2 - 3 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Break 3 eggs into a jug or bowl and beat briefly with a fork.

Stage 3 - 1 min.
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Add the eggs to the mixture.

Stage 4 - 4 min.
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Continue beating until evenly mixed.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
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Spread the mixture in a non-stick cake tin or mould.

Stage 6 - 35 min.
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Bake for 30 or 40 minutes.

Stage 7 - 2 min.
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Turn out while hot and leave to cool on a wire rack

Stage 8
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Prepare the icing by mixing 100 g icing sugar with about 1 tablespoon rum (you may well need to vary the amount of rum).

Pour the icing on top of the cake.

Stage 9 - 3 min.
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Spread the icing with a palette-knife.

Stage 10 - 30 min.
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Leave the icing to set before serving.
Remarks
It is best to leave the butter out of the fridge for at least 2 hours before using. Softer butter mixes in better.
Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe40 RDI=20 %330 RDI=30 %180 RDI=30 %3,110 RDI=160 %13,010 RDI: 160 %
Per 100 g5 RDI=2 %50 RDI=4 %20 RDI=4 %430 RDI=20 %1,810 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: Milk, Gluten, Nuts, egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 4.90 €

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