Cryptic hashtag #ebtsc apparently means #EveryoneBakesTheSameCake. What a lovely idea! Looking at water mouthing cakes during breakfast & considering if I have time left to participate. Mhhhm, not today, maybe next time.
A side view of a slice of the breton cake, large grains, marmalade
actually quite tasty
dense but not offputtingly so
very good with tea which makes sense, often served with strong coffee
wouldn’t want to make this that often because it’s a massive calorie load but I will be keeping this recipe ^_^
[much later: oh […]
[Original post on mastodon.murkworks.net]
the cake, edges clean, out of pan, sitting on the stovetop, more brown than golden but not entirely not golden either
yep that’s a flat cake
hopefully good but that is to be seen
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
Probably a bit overdone breton butter cake, out of the oven, cooling in its pan atop the stove grate as a rack
didn’t rise much, but regardless, time to cool
45 minutes exactly as per recipe, hopefully not overdone
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
the cake, more visible and higher along the cake pan edges now
it looks like it’s rising so that’s good
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
the same cake pan now seen in a oven through a glass oven door that’s kinda fuzzy
…and delivered (into the oven)
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
same cake tin but now the batter is coated in egg milk glaze and crosshatched with a fork several times
glazed, cross-hatched, sined, seeled…
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
egg, milk, and 1 pinch of salt in a bowl with a tiny measuring spoon labelled “pinch”
i take my pinches seriously
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
cake pan again back to yellow batter-dough
top layer and into the fridge this time
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
the previous layer of butter batter in a cake tin now with a layer of marmalade avoiding the outer edge, about to go back into the freezer again
marmaladed and now back into the freezer
this thing spends a lot of time in the freezer
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
a bowl and a spoon and 160g of marmalade
measuring out the marmalade
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
a cake tin with bottom coated in butter dough, about to go into the freezer for 15 minutes
it meets the description
#baking #BretonButterCake
y'know if you don't have a stand mixer doing a stand mixer recipe is a lot of work
#baking #BretonButterCake
butter vanilla sugar orange zest in a bowl about to be beaten together
wets! ish.
#baking #BretonButterCake
a zested orange and the resulting zest next to it on a plate
grate grate grate
#baking #BretonButterCake
the butter sliced and stood up vertically on a plate resting on a heated up grill in front of a fan on very low to keep warmer air moving across the butter
gotta get the butter to room temperature
#baking #BretonButterCake
On a wooden counter there is a deep dish tart pan with a light tan colored dough with darker flecks thanks to using unbalanced almond flour. The dough had obviously been pressed into the pan by hand as the finger impressions are visible. Next to it is a notebook with writing in pen on one side of the page and corrections in pencil on the other. In back there is a jar of deep yellow liquid that is partially melted brown butter, and a large metal mixing bowl with a wooden spoon where we can see more of the cake batter.
I never take photos of my mise en place, but figured I'd at least submit an "in progress" shot after I'd tidied up a bit.
As usual with me there have been _extensive_ modifications to the recipe, mostly to account for wanting to lower the amount of sugar.
#EBTSC #Baking #mastonom
Ingredients for Gateau Breton / Breton Butter Cake on a countertop: flour, milk, orange, marmalade, eggs, flake sea salt, sugar, butter, vanilla extract
let’s goooooo
#baking #BretonButterCake #ebtsc
Small round golden brown cake, with two thirds already gone. There’s a cake shovel (is that what you call those things??!) lying next to it
Evidenu
Cake eaten. It’s good!
The whole thing is very dense and rich. This isn’t a light fluffy cake; it’s one where you eat two slices, and then go out and dig through a field or something. I’m estimating nutritional values along the lines of a Snickers bar.
The center was a bit liquid-ish, maybe […]
A small golden brown cake. It’s round, and worryingly dense. But I know it consists mostly of butter, so it’ll surely be fine.
And here we are! Breton butter cake 🍰🤩😋
#ebtsc
