Basic cake batter - the French way
The French have adopted the word "cake" for one that will stand up to being transported (usually made a loaf tin and sometimes called a "travel cake" in French). There are many versions, but here is a new basic recipe to which you can your choice of flavours (pistachio, lemon, chocolate...) and other ingredients (fresh or dried fruit, nuts...).
36K 6 4.2
Last modified on: November 18th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 1 kg 650 g, you will need:
- 1
124 ml butter - 2
360 ml egg - 3
450 ml caster sugar - 4
240 ml cream - 5
561.6 ml flour - 6
6 ml baking powder - 7
6 pinches salt
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 10 min. | 7 min. | 17 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 7 min.
Melt 124 ml butter in a small pan on low heat.
Bring to the boil, then wait until it stops boiling and begins to give off a nutty smell (you have just made noisette butter).
Take off the heat and leave to cool until just warm.
Bring to the boil, then wait until it stops boiling and begins to give off a nutty smell (you have just made noisette butter).
Take off the heat and leave to cool until just warm.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Add 240 ml cream...
Stage 4 - 1 min.
...and mix again.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Mix again.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Pour the warm noisette butter into the mixture through a fine strainer.
Stage 8 - 1 min.
Mix one last time.
Stage 9
Your cake batter is ready.
You can now add your chosen flavourings (chocolate, pistachio, lemon...), or leave it plain, before pouring it into the tins or moulds.
You can now add your chosen flavourings (chocolate, pistachio, lemon...), or leave it plain, before pouring it into the tins or moulds.
Stage 10
If you want to make a plain cake straight away, pour the dough into a mold and bake for about 40 minutes at 390°F (200°C).
Remarks
If you are using salted butter, omit the pinches of salt.
For a plain cake, you can use replace half an ounce (10 g) of the sugar with vanilla sugar.
For a plain cake, you can use replace half an ounce (10 g) of the sugar with vanilla sugar.
Keeping
Should be used the same day.
Source
Based on a recipe by Christophe Michalak.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 5,184 Kcal or 21,704 Kj | 85 gr | 728 gr | 214 gr |
| 259 % | 33 % | 69 % | 32 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 337 Kcal or 1,411 Kj | 6 gr | 47 gr | 14 gr |
| 17 % | 2 % | 4 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 kg 650 g : 3.65 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Pistachio cake
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This recipe uses (among others)
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Apple macaronade, Blackcurrant jelly, Amaretti, Blackberry and almond fondant tart, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fruit crumble, Cheese Soufflé, Vegetable clafoutis, Gâteau Nantais, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, ... All |
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Piedmont pyramids, Crab Cakes, Chocolate mug cake, Lemon and lime cakes, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Artichoke Soup, Scallops with cabbage julienne, Mackerel rillettes, Potimarron (chestnut pumpkin) "au gratin", Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, ... All |
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