dessert

Gâteau Nantais (Nantes Cake)

Name: Gâteau Nantais (Nantes Cake)
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 125 g half-salted butter, softened; 150 g white granulated sugar; 100 g almond flour; 3 eggs; 40 g flour; 2 tablespoons rum; 2 tablespoons rum; 2 tablespoons water; 2 tablespoons rum; 50 g icing sugar

Gâteau nantais is a kind of pound cake made with almond flour and rum.

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Ingredients

Makes

125 g half-salted butter, softened
150 g white granulated sugar
100 g almond flour
3 eggs
40 g flour
2 tablespoons rum
2 tablespoons rum
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons rum
50 g icing sugar

Ingredients for 6 servings (730 g) · the original recipe

Method

1
Cream the butter and sugar for 2–3 minutes by hand or using a mixer at low speed.
2
Add almond flour, and mix to combine.
3
In a large bowl, beat the eggs with a fork. Incorporate them into the butter and sugar mixture.
4
Add the flour and 2 tablespoons of rum.
5
Pour the batter into a buttered cake pan.
6
Bake for 45 minutes at gas mark 5 (150 °C).
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7
As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, sprinkle the cake with mix of 2 tablespoons of rum and 2 tablespoons of water. Cool completely, then unmold.
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8
When the cake is cold, make the icing by combining the icing sugar and rum. Add a few drops of water if necessary, stirring well between each addition of water, to make a thick but flowing glaze.
9
Pour the icing on the cake, and spread it well.

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