Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
355 K 4.0/5 (82 reviews)
1 hour 15 min.
Easy
4.45 €
1 cake
10 IngredientsLast modified on: August 28th 2025
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
100 g flour - 2
100 g chestnut flour - 3
5 g baking powder - 4
2 pinches salt - 5
100 g noisette butter - 6
100 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 7
100 g liquid cream - 8
2 tablespoons rum - 9
150 g caster sugar - 10
3 eggs - Total weight: 835 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 25 min.
Cooking: 50 min.
All in all: 1 hour 15 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Sieve in a bowl 100 g flour, 100 g chestnut flour, 5 g baking powder and 2 pinches salt.
Set aside.
Sieve in a bowl 100 g flour, 100 g chestnut flour, 5 g baking powder and 2 pinches salt.
Set aside.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.
In a container with high edges preferably (more convenient to pour then) pour the 100 g noisette butter.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 4 min.
Then add 100 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), 100 g liquid cream and 2 tablespoons rum, mix well and set aside.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
In the bowl of a mixer, pour 150 g caster sugar then 3 eggs, and whisk, at medium speed first to mix, and then at high speed, until a white and light mixture is obtained.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.
Slowly reduce the speed, then gently pour the previous mixture.
Stage 6
Stop as soon as the mix is homogeneous.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.
Pour the powder mix over it and stir it gently.
Your dough is ready.
Your dough is ready.
Stage 8 - ⌛ 2 min.
Pour into a buttered cake pan.
Note: As always with cakes, if you want a nice opening on top when baking, try this very effective trick.
Note: As always with cakes, if you want a nice opening on top when baking, try this very effective trick.
Stage 9 - ⌛ 50 min.
And cook for about 50 minutes, check cooking 5 minutes before the end.
Stage 10
Let cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
You can find chestnut flour in organic stores, it is very necessary to sieve it before using, because it has an unfortunate tendency to become lumpy.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 4.45 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Caster sugar
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Chestnut flour
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Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
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