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Plain cake

This is a classic, loaf-shaped cake, deliberately left plain for you to embellish as you choose.

38,5684.1/5 for 13 ratings

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Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

For 1 cake, you will need:

1 150 g egg
2 125 g butter
3 110 g caster sugar
4 15 g Vanilla sugar
5 160 g flour
6 10 g baking powder
Total weight: 570 grams

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
21 min.	30 min.	35 min.	1 hour 26 min.

Keeping: Several days.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 4 min.

Allow ingredients to come to room temperature

Take the butter out of the fridge at least 1 hour beforehand.

Break the eggs then weigh 125 g butter carefully; this is important for the rest of the recipe. Put into a bowl and leave at room temperature for at least 1 hour.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Make the cake batter

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 125 g butter (cut into small pieces), 110 g caster sugar and 15 g Vanilla sugar.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Start beating and mix the sugar and butter thoroughly.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Add the eggs one at a time...

Stage 5 - 2 min.

...and beat until the mixture is smooth.

Important: If the mixture begins to curdle, stop beating and plunge the bowl into a pan of hot water, beating with a hand whisk until the mixture homogenizes (normally about 1 minute).

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Sieve 160 g flour and 10 g baking powder together.

Stage 7 - 30 min.

Mix into the batter with whisk.

Refrigerate the batter for 30 minutes.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Bake the cake

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Pour the batter into the mould or tin.

Stage 9 - 35 min.

Bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Test the centre of the cake to check that it is cooked .

Remarks

If you want to include dry fruit, chocolate chips, etc., add these at stage 6, mixed with the flour.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,172 Kcal or 9,094 Kj	34 gr	245 gr	122 gr
109 %	13 %	23 %	19 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
381 Kcal or 1,595 Kj	6 gr	43 gr	21 gr
19 %	2 %	4 %	3 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,172 Kcal or 9,094 Kj	34 gr	245 gr	122 gr
109 %	13 %	23 %	19 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 cake : 2.06 €

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Source

Based on recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.

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