Gateau aux Pignons

Name: Gateau aux Pignons
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Makes a 20 cm (8-inch) cake
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 115 g (6 oz) self-raising flour; 50 g (2 oz) pine kernels; 2 eggs, at room temperature; icing sugar for dusting; 125 g (4 oz) butter, at room temperature; a pinch of salt; finely grated rind of 1 lemon; 125 g (4 oz) caster sugar

Pine kernel cake

Preparation info

Makes a
20 cm
cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

The Cooking of Provence

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1995

About

This is a lovely, moist cake with a subtle taste provided by the pine kernels.

Ingredients

50 g (2 oz) pine kernels
115 g (6

Europe
France
Bread
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4/180°C/350°F.

Spread the pine kernels on a baking sheet and bake for about 5 minutes to colour very slight