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French Family Cake

French Family Cake
The idea of a "family" cake can mean so many different things, depending on where your family came from. This French version consists of a layer of pears in liquid caramel, topped with a basic cake mixture, similar to the four quarters recipe.
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duree1 hour 15 min. difficultéEasy prix2.45 € pour combien1 cake ingredients8 Ingredients
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Last modified on: October 12th 2014
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
Cooking: 45 min.
All in all: 1 hour 15 min.
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Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
French Family Cake : Stage 1
Put into a food-processor bowl: 2 eggs, 100 g caster sugar, 100 g flour, 100 g butter (softened and cut into pieces) and 10 g baking powder.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.
French Family Cake : Stage 2
Mix together until the mixture is even and smooth.

Set aside in the fridge.

Heat the oven to 370°F (190°C).
Stage 3 - ⌛ 10 min.
French Family Cake : Stage 3
Peel 4 Pears, remove the stalk and core, then cut into pieces.

Put the pieces into a loaf tin or mould.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.
French Family Cake : Stage 4
Put 80 g caster sugar and 2 tablespoons water into a small saucepan on high heat.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.
French Family Cake : Stage 5
Cook the sugar to light caramel stage...
Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.
French Family Cake : Stage 6
...then pour this over the fruit.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.
French Family Cake : Stage 7
Cover with the cake mixture...
Stage 8 - ⌛ 40 min.
French Family Cake : Stage 8
...and bake for about 40 minutes.

Serve warm or cold.
Remarks
Like in a fruit crumble, you can use whetever fruits in season you have to hand.

You can mix different kinds of fruit, too.
Keeping: A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source: My mother.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe30 RDI=10 %360 RDI=30 %100 RDI=20 %2,400 RDI=120 %10,040 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g2 RDI=1 %30 RDI=3 %7 RDI=1 %190 RDI=10 %810 RDI: 10 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Gluten, milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 2.45 €

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Flour
Flour

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Butter
Butter

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Caster sugar
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Baking powder
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