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Agen prune cake

This cake from Agen, in southwestern France, is a type of brioche. Inspired by the famous "tarte au sucre" (sugar tart), it is like a thick "galette" with a moist texture, filled with prunes and marzipan with Armagnac.

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Last modified on: September 16^th 2018

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For 1 cake, you will need:

1 200 g Brioche dough
2 30 g beaten egg
3 100 g Marzipan (almond paste)
4 100 g dried prunes
5 2 tablespoons caster sugar
Total weight: 460 grams

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
21 min.	1 hour	30 min.	1 hour 51 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 hour

Roll out 200 g Brioche dough into a flat round cake 8 inches (20 cm) diameter.

Lay the cake on a baking sheet, then glaze the top.

Leave in a warm place to rise for one hour.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Roll 100 g Marzipan (almond paste) into a long " sausage about half an inch (1 cm) thick.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Cut the marzipan into half-inch (1 cm) chunks.

Cut the prunes into quarters.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Push the marzipan pieces into the top of the well-risen cake.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Stick a piece of prune on top of each piece of marzipan.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Glaze the top of the cake again, then sprinkle with caster sugar.

Stage 7 - 30 min.

Bake for about 30 minutes.

Stage 8

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you would like a stronger Armagnac flavour, add 2 tablespoonsful at the end of mixing the brioche dough.

You can make this recipe using an enriched bread dough (pain brioché), rather than a classic brioche dough, but the cake will be plainer.

Keeping

A few days in a cloth bag.

Source

Home made, but recipe inspired by Olivier D, who will recognise his influence....

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,640 Kcal or 6,866 Kj	247 gr	1,272 gr	566 gr
82 %	95 %	120 %	86 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
357 Kcal or 1,495 Kj	54 gr	277 gr	123 gr
18 %	21 %	26 %	19 %

Per cake
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,640 Kcal or 6,866 Kj	247 gr	1,272 gr	566 gr
82 %	95 %	120 %	86 %

% 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, Egg, Gluten, leaven, Nuts, Sulfites

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For 1 cake : 2.54 $

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