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Four quarters

It's "the simpliest cake in the world", called four quarters, because it's made with 1/4 eggs, 1/4 sugar, 1/4 flour and 1/4 butter.

290K 97 2.2

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

Keywords for this recipe:Quatre-quart 4/4 Four quarters Family cake Kids

For 1 Four quarters, you will need:

1 3 eggs
2 150 g caster sugar
3 150 g flour
4 150 g butter
Total weight: 600 grams

Change these quantities to make: 1 Four quarters 2 Fours quarters 3 Fours quarters

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
50 min.	25 min.	1 hour 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F now, so it will be at the right temperature when the cake is ready.

Weigh 3 eggs and note the weight.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Weigh the same amount of sugar, put in a bowl.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Weigh the same amount of flour, put in a bowl.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Weigh the same amount of butter, put in a bowl.

Put butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Mix well with a spatula.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Add flour, through a fine sieve if possible, to prevent lumps.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Mix well.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Add 3 eggs.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Mix well again.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

Pour batter into a mould or tin, preferably non-stick.

Stage 11 - 25 min.

Put in the oven for about 25 minutes.

Check cooking (ask an adult for help with this).

Stage 12

And that's it.

Remarks

It's already delicious just as it is, but you could add some fruit (apples, pears, apricots, ...) cut in pieces, and mixed into the batter before putting in the mould or tin. See how to to this.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, folded in an aluminum foil.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,469 Kcal or 10,337 Kj	33 gr	261 gr	143 gr
123 %	13 %	25 %	22 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
412 Kcal or 1,725 Kj	6 gr	44 gr	24 gr
21 %	2 %	4 %	4 %

% 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 Four quarters : 1.76 €

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Source

Mom, when I was a young boy (a long long time ago...).

This recipe uses (among others)

	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Dublin fruit scones, Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine , Apple Batter Puddings, Muffin dough, Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tomato tatin, Pitta bread, Grandma Solange's biscuits, Nanou's tuna tart, Creamy plum and pear clafoutis, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crackers, Duet of creamed cauliflower and cabbage , Marchand de vin sauce, Scallops with crunchy vegetables and wine sabayon, Gingerbread, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rémoulade dressing, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Stuffed baguette , "BN style" chocolate-filled biscuits, Santiago Cake, ... All

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