"Moelleux" cake batter
This French-style "moelleux" cake batter gives a softer, moister texture than a classic cake batter. It can be made plain or varied with different flavourings.
18K 6 3.3
Last modified on: January 26th 2022
Keywords for this recipe:For 650 g, you will need:
- 1
70 g butter - 2
150 g egg ( How to... ) - 3
190 g caster sugar - 4
10 g Vanilla sugar - 5
100 g cream - 6
170 g flour - 7
3 g baking powder - Total weight: 693 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 9 min. | 10 min. | 19 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Add 100 g cream and mix again.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Sieve 170 g flour and 3 g baking powder into the mixture.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
And mix in thoroughly.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Finish by adding the noisette butter and mix one last time.
Stage 7
Your "moelleux" cake batter is ready. Cover with plastic film and refrigerate until needed (it can very well be done the day before).
Stage 8
This recipe is only for the dough, but if you just want to make a cake with it, put it in a pan and bake at 360°F (180°C) for about 40 minutes.
Remarks
This recipe just covers how to make the basic batter. Please see the other recipes that include it for how use and bake it.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made, based on a recipe by Gaëtan Paris..
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,398 Kcal or 10,040 Kj | 38 gr | 331 gr | 106 gr |
| 120 % | 14 % | 31 % | 16 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 346 Kcal or 1,449 Kj | 5 gr | 48 gr | 15 gr |
| 17 % | 2 % | 4 % | 2 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 650 g : 1.95 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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This recipe uses (among others)
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche dough, Pannacotta and blackcurrant crumble, Autumn apple and plum crumble pie, Finger biscuits, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All |
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cannelés, Viennese Shortbread, Oaty walnut cake , How to succeed in making sabayon (syllabub), Pistachio shortbread biscuits, ... All |
 | Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mustard baps, Yeast-based flaky dough (for croissants), "Oeufs rabattus" with leeks, Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Foie gras fingers, ... All |
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