Plain cake
This is a classic, loaf-shaped cake, deliberately left plain for you to embellish as you choose.
29,5944.1/5 for 13 ratings
Last modified on: April 9th 2015
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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Time required
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 min. | 30 min. | 35 min. | 1 hour 26 min. |
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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).
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.
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 step 6, mixed with the flour.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 2.06 €
Source
Based on recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fresh pasta dough, "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Pesto crackers, Muffin dough, Sesame fried scampi, ... All |
| Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond cream or frangipane, Cocotte eggs with Comté, Green asparagus omelette, Deep leek and potato quiche, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Noisette butter, Gâteau Basque , Chocolate eclairs, Tournedos Rossini, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, ... All |
| Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate rolls (petits pains), Mulled wine Belle-Plagne style, Apple Pie, Pain perdu, Chocolate sauce, ... All |
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