Basque Cake
Recipe: #26942
July 30, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Cherry, Baby Shower, Christmas, Mothers Day, Oven Bake Vegetarian, Flour, Kosher Dairy, more
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Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (278.5 g)
- Calories 715
- Total Fat - 47.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 19.3 g
- Cholesterol - 1423.5 mg
- Sodium - 249.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 45.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2 g
- Sugars - 25.8 g
- Protein - 26.1 g
- Calcium - 272.2 mg
- Iron - 4.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
TO MAKE THE PASTRY*
Step 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 3
Sift together flours and baking powder.
Step 4
Stir in ground almonds.
Step 5
In a food processor combine flour mixture with cold butter.
Step 6
Pulse several times until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Step 7
In a small bowl whisk together whole egg, egg yolks and sugar until smooth.
Step 8
Add to flour mixture and pulse again until mixture comes together.
Step 9
Turn onto a lightly floured surface.
Step 10
Divide dough in half.
Step 11
Roll out each half into quarter inch thick 10-inch circles.
Step 12
Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
Step 13
TO MAKE THE PASTRY CREAM*
Step 14
In a medium bowl whisk together first amount of milk, egg yolks and cornstarch until smooth.
Step 15
Heat second amount of milk, sugar and vanilla in a heavy bottomed pot.
Step 16
When this mixture comes to a boil, slowly pour half of it over the egg yolk mixture while whisking briskly.
Step 17
Return mixture back to pot.
Step 18
Continue whisking 4 to 5 minutes until smooth and boiling.
Step 19
Remove from heat.
Step 20
Add ground almonds.
Step 21
Cover surface with plastic wrap.
Step 22
Cool to room temperature
Step 23
TO ASSEMBLE*
Step 24
Line a flan ring with one layer of the rolled pastry.
Step 25
Pour in pastry cream and then top with second layer of pastry.
Step 26
Place flan ring on baking sheet
Step 27
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until golden and set.
Step 28
Sour Cherry Sauce: Combine all sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
Step 29
Reduce to simmer and reduce by half.
Step 30
Strain and serve warm over cake.
Tips
No special items needed.