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@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Our oldest and I are getting set up to make the *Breton butter cake with marmalade* for ***Everyone Bakes the Same Cake*** weekend.

We have some nice British no-peel orange marmalade on hand so we’ll be following the Guardian recipe as closely as we can.

That said, we’re an exclusively gluten-free household so we’ll be using a DIY weight-for-weight all GF all purpose flour substitute (more on that in the thread). Also, as we have no patience for vanilla bean today, we’ll be using a nice Madagascar extract.

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Ingredients for the EBTSC weekend attempt at the Guardian Breton butter cake recipe on a flat black glass stovetop.  From left to right: Maison Orphée grey sea salt; Gay Lea grass fed butter with sea salt; Lantic superfine sugar; Wilkin & Sons no-peel marmalade; Watkins Madagascar vanilla extract; BBN almond flour; a large orange; a carton of organic eggs; and a tall glass container with a sky blue lid containing flour.
Ingredients for the EBTSC weekend attempt at the Guardian Breton butter cake recipe on a flat black glass stovetop. From left to right: Maison Orphée grey sea salt; Gay Lea grass fed butter with sea salt; Lantic superfine sugar; Wilkin & Sons no-peel marmalade; Watkins Madagascar vanilla extract; BBN almond flour; a large orange; a carton of organic eggs; and a tall glass container with a sky blue lid containing flour.
Ingredients for the EBTSC weekend attempt at the Guardian Breton butter cake recipe on a flat black glass stovetop. From left to right: Maison Orphée grey sea salt; Gay Lea grass fed butter with sea salt; Lantic superfine sugar; Wilkin & Sons no-peel marmalade; Watkins Madagascar vanilla extract; BBN almond flour; a large orange; a carton of organic eggs; and a tall glass container with a sky blue lid containing flour.
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@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Since we bake by metric weight, we’ve come to rely on the DIY weight-for-weight substitute GF flour blends from the cookbook *Gluten-free Flour Power*.

The formulas are posted on Serious Eats here:

While it’s supposedly the whole grain bread flour substitute, we find their Batch-3 blend best for all but most delicate baking. So, that’s what we went with today. (It contains dry milk powder and xanthan gum so not for everyone.)

https://www.seriouseats.com/gluten-free-flour-power-ideas-in-food

Which GF blend did you use for yours @edwiebe?

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@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Well, the ingredients looked good going into the Kitchen-Aid stand mixer…

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An image of initial ingredients for the Breton butter cake — butter, superfine sugar and orange zest — in the bottom of the stainless steel bowl of a large black Kitchen-Aid stand mixer.  A steel paddle is pointing down into the bowl.
An image of initial ingredients for the Breton butter cake — butter, superfine sugar and orange zest — in the bottom of the stainless steel bowl of a large black Kitchen-Aid stand mixer. A steel paddle is pointing down into the bowl.
An image of initial ingredients for the Breton butter cake — butter, superfine sugar and orange zest — in the bottom of the stainless steel bowl of a large black Kitchen-Aid stand mixer. A steel paddle is pointing down into the bowl.
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@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

…the amount of cake batter seemed surprisingly small in relation to the large 20 cm springform cake pan.

…and the density seemed closer to cookie dough than cake batter. Perhaps we over mixed — but, ensuring that sugar is fully dissolved in GF batters with any rice flour in the mix, is always critical to avoid grittiness.

We struggled to cover the middle marmalade layer with the second half of the batter.

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An image of golden cake batter, flecked with orange zest, spread across the bottom of a steel springform cake pan.
An image of golden cake batter, flecked with orange zest, spread across the bottom of a steel springform cake pan.
An image of golden cake batter, flecked with orange zest, spread across the bottom of a steel springform cake pan.
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@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The cake turned out super thin for us. The texture wasn’t very visible.

I tried to separate it from the bottom of the pan to early and it broke on one side. Our oldest was not impressed.

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Close up of a brown cake top, with some golden scoring visible.  The cake is on a stainless steel rack on a black stovetop.
Close up of a brown cake top, with some golden scoring visible. The cake is on a stainless steel rack on a black stovetop.
Close up of a brown cake top, with some golden scoring visible. The cake is on a stainless steel rack on a black stovetop.
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@AlsoPaisleyCat@tenforward.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

The Breton butter cake with marmalade turned out to be very tasty. It’s a ‘keeper’ recipe.

The mystery of the super thinness has been solved. I had forgotten that we’d been gifted a set of US pans at one point, and just grabbed one based on size imprinted on the bottom. Our oldest greased it and put in the parchment liner.

It was only after I’d finally got the cake off the pan that I clued in that it was actually a mislabeled 10” = 25 cm pan. 🤦🏼‍♀️.

Oh well, next time we’ll get it right.

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A very thin wedge of toasty-coloured cake, with a brown crust, and a slightly darker filling between two layers.  The wedge of cake sits on a clear glass plate with a strawberry leaf and flower pattern.  The plate sits on a tablecloth with green leaves and pink and yellow flowers on a soft bluegreen field.
A very thin wedge of toasty-coloured cake, with a brown crust, and a slightly darker filling between two layers. The wedge of cake sits on a clear glass plate with a strawberry leaf and flower pattern. The plate sits on a tablecloth with green leaves and pink and yellow flowers on a soft bluegreen field.
A very thin wedge of toasty-coloured cake, with a brown crust, and a slightly darker filling between two layers. The wedge of cake sits on a clear glass plate with a strawberry leaf and flower pattern. The plate sits on a tablecloth with green leaves and pink and yellow flowers on a soft bluegreen field.
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