Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)


Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
Gâteau breton is a rich cake that uses a lot of butter (from Brittany, of course) with sugar, egg yolks and a little rum to add flavour.

This cake is traditionally served with coffee.
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Last modified on: September 11th 2018

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Stage 1 - 5 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put into food mixer bowl: 3 13 cups flour, 1 cup + 2 tablespoons butter in small pieces, 1 ¼ cup caster sugar, 1 tablespoon Vanilla sugar, 4 egg yolks, 1 egg and 2 tablespoons rum.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
Beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
Tip the mixture straight into a springform (or loose-bottomed) cake tin or mould, ideally 24 cm (9.5 inches) diameter.

Stage 4 - 3 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
Glaze the top.

Stage 5 - 2 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
Draw a criss-cross pattern with a fork, then bake for about 50 minutes...

Stage 6 - 50 min.
Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake)
...until nicely browned.

Leave to cool in the tin.
Remarks
Gâteau breton keeps very well, several days easily (several weeks, so they say).

French patisserie normally uses unsalted butter, but for a more authentic Breton flavour, use salted butter for half the quantity.
Keeping
Several days at room temperature.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
5,256 Kcal or 22,006 Kj69 gr670 gr248 gr
263 %27 %63 %38 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
438 Kcal or 1,834 Kj6 gr56 gr21 gr
22 %2 %5 %3 %
Per cake
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
5,256 Kcal or 22,006 Kj69 gr670 gr248 gr
263 %27 %63 %38 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 3.21 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
FlourFlour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Langoustine sabayon tart, Toasted-flour biscuits, Cookies of the Camisards, Fish in a sesame crust, Liège waffles, ... All
Caster sugarCaster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Oaty walnut cake , Minted Melon, Caramelized brioche with pear and kiwi, Soft fruits in sabayon, Breton sablé biscuit dough, ... All
ButterButter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potimarron (Japanese chestnut pumpkin) purée, Mushroom velouté, Walnut short bread, Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Brownies, ... All
Beaten eggBeaten egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mini palmiers, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Small foie gras pasties, Kouign-amann brioche, Diamond biscuits, ... All
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