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Breton Buckwheat Cake with Fleur de Sel
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Breton Buckwheat Cake with Fleur de Sel

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Breton Buckwheat Cake with Fleur de Sel

A deliciously dense, buckwheat flour cake that can be baked off in a tart or cake pan. From David Lebovitz's new book, The Sweet Life in Paris.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

883
Calories
28g
Protein
26g
Fat
123g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Rum 1/2 oz (15ml) 32
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Cake not in our table 0
Buckwheat not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • For the cake:
  • 7/8 cup (140g) buckwheat flour
  • 1 cup (140g) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon plus 1/3 teaspoon fleur de sel
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 pound (240g) unsalted butter, at room temp
  • 1 cup (200g) sugar
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons dark rum
  • For the glaze
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon milk

Directions

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By 101cookbooks · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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