Butter Cake Recipe, Easy, & Crunchy

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A traditional Breton Butter Cake recipe which is crunchy, rich and buttery! This classic French cake is an easy recipe and a great anytime treat.

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Breton Cake or Galette Bretonne In French

A traditional sweet treat which is crunchy, rich and buttery! This classic French butter cake recipe is an easy recipe and a great everyday treat!

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Breton flat cake, known as galette Bretonne, is traditional throughout Britanny, the region in the north west of France.

France is well known for its gorgeous butter and cream and this is just one of the recipes which is made from their own produce and has been handed down through the generations.

A very simple but beautiful cake it would make a wonderful dessert or as an afternoon treat with a cup of coffee! To me it is for anytime of day and I assure you it will not last long!

✨Make More Tasty French Treats

• French Chocolate Cake
• These little Madeleines are great for the kids to help you make and big kids love them too!
• Kugelhopf is a traditional cake from the Alsace in the east region of France and has a delicious German influence.

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Butter Cake Recipe, Easy, & Crunchy

Judith Coates

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A traditional Breton Butter Cake recipe which is crunchy, rich and buttery! This classic French cake is an easy recipe and a great anytime treat.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 19 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine French

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

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• 6 oz 1 cup plain flour
• 3 oz ½ cup castor sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 4 oz ½ cup butter (Soft, at room temperature cut into small pieces.)
• 1 dessert spoon orange flower water
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

 

• First, sift the flour and salt onto your working surface or your pastry board.
• Make a well in the middle.
• Put the orange flower water, sugar and egg yolks into the well (keep a teaspoon of the egg yolk to glaze).
• Use your fingers to mix the egg, orange flower water and sugar together.
• Now add the butter and continue mixing with your fingers, gradually mix the flour into the mixture
• Knead for a short time only as it must not be handled for long.
• Wrap the dough in cling film and place in the refrigerator for about an hour.
• Place the dough into a flan tin and using your fingers and knuckles, spread the dough to the sides of the tin.
• Add a teaspoon of water to the reserved egg yolk and brush over the dough to glaze.
• Lightly prick the dough over the surface.
• Place in the oven at 350F(170C,Gas 4) for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Allow to cool as this is important for the texture of the cake. Once cool it will have a wonderfully crunchy texture with a buttery taste that's just divine.
• Your Galette Bretonne is now ready to eat!

Nutrition

Calories: 203.76kcalCarbohydrates: 23.8gProtein: 2.28gFat: 11.39gSaturated Fat: 6.86gCholesterol: 68.1mgSodium: 99.19mgFiber: 0.72gSugar: 12.48g

Keyword butter cake recipe, easy butter cake, everyday butter cake, french desserts

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