Gâteau Nantais


Gâteau Nantais
This traditional cake from the French city of Nantes is deliciously moist, flavoured with almonds, vanilla and rum. For the finishing touch, the top is covered with boozy white icing.
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Last modified on: January 8th 2017

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 7 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 125 g butter cut into small pieces, 125 g caster sugar, 10 g Vanilla sugar, 50 g flour, 100 g ground almonds, 3 tablespoons rum and 2 pinches salt.

Start mixing on slow speed.

Stage 2 - 3 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Break 3 eggs into a jug or bowl and beat briefly with a fork.

Stage 3 - 1 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Add the eggs to the mixture.

Stage 4 - 4 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Continue beating until evenly mixed.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Spread the mixture in a non-stick cake tin or mould.

Stage 6 - 35 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Bake for 30 or 40 minutes.

Stage 7 - 2 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Turn out while hot and leave to cool on a wire rack

Stage 8
Gâteau Nantais
Prepare the icing by mixing 100 g icing sugar with about 1 tablespoon rum (you may well need to vary the amount of rum).

Pour the icing on top of the cake.

Stage 9 - 3 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Spread the icing with a palette-knife.

Stage 10 - 30 min.
Gâteau Nantais
Leave the icing to set before serving.
Remarks
It is best to leave the butter out of the fridge for at least 2 hours before using. Softer butter mixes in better.
Keeping
A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
3,076 Kcal or 12,879 Kj43 gr290 gr176 gr
154 %17 %27 %27 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
427 Kcal or 1,788 Kj6 gr40 gr24 gr
21 %2 %4 %4 %
Per cake
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
3,076 Kcal or 12,879 Kj43 gr290 gr176 gr
154 %17 %27 %27 %
% 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: Milk, Gluten, Nuts, Egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 cake : 4.89 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
ButterButter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beurre d'escargot, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Moist chocolate cake, Choux pastry (pâte à choux), Chocolate cereal bars, ... All
Caster sugarCaster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stewed plums, Comtoise apple charlotte, Plum tart, Corsican tarts, Soft fruits in sabayon, ... All
Ground almondsGround almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Apple and almond gratin, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Linzer torte, Apple and almond cake, Apple Strudel, ... All
Icing sugarIcing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Coconut paste, Marzipan (almond paste), Sweet pastry, Tarte Normande, Little Christmas biscuits, ... All
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