The basque cake
From Pablo Gicquel.
RECIPE INFO
Servings
6-8
Time to make
1h00
Cooking time
40 min.
LIST OF INGREDIENTS
Basque cake dough
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Unsalted butter | 145 g |
| All-purpose flour | 220 g |
| Superfine sugar | 150 g |
| Egg yolk | x4-5 (75 g) |
| Baking powder | 3,3 g |
| Fine salt | 0,7 g |
| Lemon zest | 3 g |
Pastry cream
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Whole milk | 250 g |
| Superfine sugar | 60 g |
| Amber rum | 15 g |
| Vanilla bean | 1 |
| Cornstarch (or pastry cream powder) | 25 g |
| Egg yolk | x2-3 (40 g) |
For the assembly
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Brown sugar | – |
| Egg yolk | x1 |
