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Four quarters

Name: Four quarters
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 Four quarters
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 150 g caster sugar; 150 g flour; 150 g butter

It's "the simpliest cake in the world", called four quarters, because it's made with 1/4 eggs, 1/4 sugar, 1/4 flour and 1/4 butter.

335 K 2.2/5 (99 reviews)

1 hour 15 min. difficulté

Easy

1.80 €

1 Four quarters

4 Ingredients

Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 1 Four quarters, you will need:

1 3 eggs
2 150 g caster sugar
3 150 g flour
4 150 g butter
Total weight: 600 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 50 min.

Cooking: 25 min.

All in all: 1 hour 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Preheat oven to 180°C or 356°F now, so it will be at the right temperature when the cake is ready.

Weigh 3 eggs and note the weight.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Weigh the same amount of sugar, put in a bowl.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Weigh the same amount of flour, put in a bowl.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Weigh the same amount of butter, put in a bowl.

Put butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

Mix well with a spatula.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 5 min.

Add flour, through a fine sieve if possible, to prevent lumps.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Mix well.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.

Add 3 eggs.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 5 min.

Mix well again.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 5 min.

Pour batter into a mould or tin, preferably non-stick.

Stage 11 - ⌛ 25 min.

Put in the oven for about 25 minutes.

Check cooking (ask an adult for help with this).

Stage 12

And that's it.

Remarks

It's already delicious just as it is, but you could add some fruit (apples, pears, apricots, ...) cut in pieces, and mixed into the batter before putting in the mould or tin. See how to to this.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, folded in an aluminum foil.

Source: Mom, when I was a young boy (a long long time ago...).

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	260 RDI=30 %	140 RDI=20 %	2,470 RDI=120 %	10,340 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g	5 RDI=2 %	40 RDI=4 %	20 RDI=4 %	410 RDI=20 %	1,720 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Gluten, milk

How much will it cost?

For 1 Four quarters : 1.80 €

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