For 1 cake, you will need:
- 0
2⁄3 cup flour - 1
2⁄3 cup chestnut flour - 2
1 teaspoon baking powder - 3
2 pinches salt - 4
½ cup Noisette butter - 5
½ cup sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) - 6
½ cup liquid cream - 7
2 tablespoons rum - 8
2⁄3 cup caster sugar - 9
3 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 2⁄3 cup flour, 2⁄3 cup chestnut flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder and 2 pinches salt.
Set aside.
Sieve in a bowl 2⁄3 cup flour, 2⁄3 cup chestnut flour, 1 teaspoon 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 ½ cup Noisette butter.
Stage 3 - 4 min.
Then add ½ cup sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons), ½ cup liquid cream and 2 tablespoons rum, mix well and set aside.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
In the bowl of a mixer, pour 2⁄3 cup 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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,620 Kcal or 10,969 Kj | 35 gr | 334 gr | 133 gr |
| 131 % | 14 % | 32 % | 20 % |
| 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 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mug cake, Butter cream, Piedmont pyramids, Plain cake, Pavlova, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Normandy seafood stew, Alsatian apple tart, Sauce Normande (for fish), Cocotte eggs with Comté, Sautéed turmeric chicken with mushrooms, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Doughnuts, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Flaky brownie brioche, Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Ciabatta, ... All |
 | Noisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grapefruit moelleux, Financier batter, Pancake batter, Pistachio madeleines, Lemon and lime cakes, ... All |
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