Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
321K 82 4.0
Last modified on: May 8th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 3 cakes, you will need:
- 1
2 cups flour - 2
2 cups chestnut flour - 3
1 tablespoon baking powder - 4
6 pinches salt - 5
1 1⁄3 cup Noisette butter - 6
1 1⁄3 cup sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 7
1 1⁄3 cup liquid cream - 8
6 tablespoons rum - 9
2 cups caster sugar - 10
9 eggs
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 23 min. | 50 min. | 1 hour 13 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 2 cups flour, 2 cups chestnut flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder and 6 pinches salt.
Set aside.
Sieve in a bowl 2 cups flour, 2 cups chestnut flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder and 6 pinches salt.
Set aside.
Stage 2 - 1 min.
In a container with high edges preferably (more convenient to pour then) pour the 1 1⁄3 cup Noisette butter.
Stage 3 - 4 min.
Then add 1 1⁄3 cup sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), 1 1⁄3 cup liquid cream and 6 tablespoons rum, mix well and set aside.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
In the bowl of a mixer, pour 2 cups caster sugar then 9 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.
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
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 7,861 Kcal or 32,912 Kj | 106 gr | 1,003 gr | 400 gr |
| 393 % | 41 % | 95 % | 61 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 314 Kcal or 1,315 Kj | 4 gr | 40 gr | 16 gr |
| 16 % | 2 % | 4 % | 2 % |
| Per cake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,620 Kcal or 10,969 Kj | 35 gr | 334 gr | 133 gr |
| 131 % | 14 % | 32 % | 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 3 cakes : 13.29 €
- Per cake : 4.43 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tatin apple diplomat tart, Sandwich bread, Kouign-amann, Rhubarb tart, Apple and almond cake, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Panettone, Poppy seed and lemon cake, Flaky brownie brioche, Nanou's apple and almond cake, ... All |
 | Noisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio madeleines, Grapefruit moelleux, Chocolate madeleines, Lemon and lime cakes, Génoise (Genoa sponge), ... All |
 | Chestnut flour: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Clementines and chestnuts entremet, Cookies of the Camisards, Corsican tarts, ... All |
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