Basque Cake *

Name: Basque Cake * (Gâteau Basque)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ½ cup (2¼ oz./65 g) brown sugar; 1½ tsp (5 g) rice flour; ⅓ cup (2¼ oz./65 g) granulated sugar; Scant ⅓ cup (2 oz./55 g) sugar; ½ cup + 1 tbsp (2 oz./55 g) almond powder; 4 oz. (110 g) pastry cream; ⅔ tsp (2.5 g) baking powder; 1 stick (4 oz./120 g) butter, diced + more for the pan; 1½ cups (6½ oz./185 g) AP flour, sifted; pinch of fine salt; 2 egg yolks (3 tbsp/40 g), lightly beaten; 3½ tbsp (2 oz./55 g) butter; ½ tsp (1.5 g) cornstarch; ½ tsp (2.5 g) fine salt; 2 egg yolks (3 tbsp/40 g); 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten; 2½ tsp (10 ml) dark rum

Gâteau Basque

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Pastry

1 stick (4 oz./120 g) butter, diced + more for the pan
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Europe
France
Cake
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

To prepare the pastry, beat the butter, sugars, and salt in the stand mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in the egg yolks.
Add the AP flour, rice flour, and baking powder, and mix briefly to make a smooth dough. Chill the pastry until firm enough to roll out.
To prepare the filling, whisk the pastry cream in a mixing bowl until smooth. Stir in t