Household cake (Gâteau de ménage)
A traditional recipe from Franche-comté, it's a flat round kind of brioche, covered with an egg cream called "Goumeau".
Last modified on: June 15th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 cakes, you will need:
- 1
250 g flour - 2
10 g yeast - 3
5 g fine (or table) salt - 4
30 g caster sugar - 5
50 ml milk - 6
50 ml liquid cream - 7
2 eggs - 8
130 g butter - 9 50 g caster sugar
- 10
10 g Vanilla sugar - 11
3 egg yolks - 12 200 ml cream
- Total weight: 945 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 min. | 3 hours | 25 min. | 3 hours 59 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Warm 50 ml milk, then pour into the bowl of a mixer with 50 ml liquid cream and 30 g caster sugar.
Add 250 g flour, 10 g yeast and 2 eggs.
Add 250 g flour, 10 g yeast and 2 eggs.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Start the mixer at low speed until mixture is homogeneous.
Turn the speed up a little, then add 130 g butter a little at a time.
Continue mixing for a few minutes until the mixture is homogeneous.
Turn the speed up a little, then add 130 g butter a little at a time.
Continue mixing for a few minutes until the mixture is homogeneous.
Stage 3 - 2 hours
Gather up the dough, and put under a damp tea-towel in a warm place for about 2 hours.
Stage 4 - 10 min.
Meanwhile, prepare the cream:
In a bowl mix 50 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar, 3 egg yolks and 200 ml cream.
In a bowl mix 50 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar, 3 egg yolks and 200 ml cream.
Stage 5
Check that the dough has about doubled in size.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Tip onto floured working surface, and divide in two.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Put each half into a pie dish, mould or tin.
Stage 8 - 1 hour
And with your hand (dusted with flour to avoid sticking), spread dough evenly over the dish.
Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rise for one hour.
Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rise for one hour.
Stage 9
At the end of this time, preheat oven to 200°C or 392°F.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
With a tablespoon (dusted with flour to avoid sticking), create a kind of hollow in the centre of the pie to receive the cream filling.
Stage 11 - 3 min.
Pour half of the cream in the centre of each cake, and put in the oven without delay.
Stage 12 - 25 min.
Remove from the oven when the cake is golden brown, after about 25 minutes.
Remarks
The domestic cake or "goumeau cake" goes dry rapidly, so best eaten on the day it's made.
Unfortunately it's getting difficult to find a good household cake, even in its region of origin,the Haut-Doubs. By "good", I mean: fresh-baked that day, light, not just sweetened in a hurry, but with a true cream. It's a great pity that bakers from Franche-comté are allowing this traditional recipe to be forgotten.
Unfortunately it's getting difficult to find a good household cake, even in its region of origin,the Haut-Doubs. By "good", I mean: fresh-baked that day, light, not just sweetened in a hurry, but with a true cream. It's a great pity that bakers from Franche-comté are allowing this traditional recipe to be forgotten.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,341 Kcal or 13,988 Kj | 60 gr | 291 gr | 219 gr |
| 167 % | 23 % | 27 % | 33 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 354 Kcal or 1,482 Kj | 6 gr | 31 gr | 23 gr |
| 18 % | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % |
| Per cake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,671 Kcal or 6,996 Kj | 30 gr | 145 gr | 110 gr |
| 84 % | 11 % | 14 % | 17 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 cakes : 3.32 €
- Per cake : 1.66 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pitta bread, Cornmeal baps for Anne, Nanou's chocolate cake, Fruit crumble, Cheese Soufflé, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick prawn curry, Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Clementine Chantilly, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie., ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tatin apple diplomat tart, Mushroom duxelles, Caramelised apple custards, Muffin dough, Mushrooms on toast, French style, ... All |
 | Milk: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate tart, Nantes Tourton, Cornmeal baps for Anne, Lemon Confectioner's Custard, Pretzels, ... All |
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- There is no salt in this recipe?Posted by jh november 17th 2011 at 09:38 (n° 2)
- I never says when or where to add the SALT????Posted by Cin november 16th 2011 at 19:51 (n° 1)
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