Basque cake

Name: Basque cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 5 egg yolks; 500 ml (16 fl oz) milk; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 160 g (5¼ oz) caster sugar; 4 tablespoons Armagnac or rum; 2 tablespoons cornflour; 4 tablespoons Armagnac or rum; 150 g (5 oz) caster sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; finely grated rind of 1 lemon; 400 g (12¾ oz) plain flour; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 4 tablespoons Armagnac; icing sugar, to dust; 1 egg, beaten; 250 g (8 oz) unsalted butter, softened

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
1 hr 50

Appears in

Regional French

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

The cream of this Basque cake can be flavoured with a herb-flavoured liqueur known as Izarra, which is based on Armagnac. Traditionally, the cake can be filled with either a pastry cream or a sour cherry preserve.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) unsalted butter, softened
150 g (5

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to warm 170°C (325°F/Gas 3). Lightly butter four deep, 9 cm (3½ inch</