Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.
341 K 4.0/5 (82 reviews)
1 hour 15 min.
Easy
1 cake
10 IngredientsLast modified on: May 8th 2020
For 1 cake, you will need:
- 1
5.5 oz flour - 2
5.5 oz chestnut flour - 3
0.2 oz baking powder - 4
2 pinches salt - 5
3.5 oz noisette butter - 6
3.5 oz sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 7
3.5 oz liquid cream - 8
2 tablespoons rum - 9
5.3 oz caster sugar - 10
3 eggs
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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 5.5 oz flour, 5.5 oz chestnut flour, 0.2 oz baking powder and 2 pinches salt.
Set aside.
Sieve in a bowl 5.5 oz flour, 5.5 oz chestnut flour, 0.2 oz 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 3.5 oz noisette butter.
Stage 3 - 4 min.
Then add 3.5 oz sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), 3.5 oz liquid cream and 2 tablespoons rum, mix well and set aside.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
In the bowl of a mixer, pour 5.3 oz 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.
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
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 40 RDI=10 % | 330 RDI=30 % | 150 RDI=20 % | 2,770 RDI=140 % | 11,610 RDI: 140 % |
| Per 100 g | 4 RDI=2 % | 40 RDI=4 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 330 RDI=20 % | 1,390 RDI: 20 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 cake : 4.45 €
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