Recipe for Vendéen Cake

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Discover this recipe for a rich dough cake. This cake freezes perfectly and also keeps very well. This professional recipe comes from a pastry and baking school.

Yields1 Serving
Prep Time30 minsCook Time35 minsTotal Time1 hr 5 mins
Ingredients
 500 Flour
 1 Salt
 250 Egg
 125 Sugar
 125 Butter
 100 Fresh cream
 125 Baker's yeast
 5 Liquid vanilla
 5 Orange blossom water
 10 Dark rum
 Milk
Directions
1

Preparation of the ingredients Place all the ingredients in the mixing bowl (except for the sugar and butter) and mix for 5 minutes.

2

Gradually incorporate the butter, then the sugar, and mix until the dough comes away from the walls.

3

Rest Let the dough rise for 1 hour at room temperature, then for 12 hours in the refrigerator. Divide into 4 pieces of about 325 g each. Allow the dough to rest for another 45 minutes at room temperature to relax.

4

Shaping Shape the dough pieces into ovals, into "batards." Brush them with milk and let them rest at room temperature for about 4 hours. Brush with milk a second time.

5

Baking Place the dough pieces in the refrigerator for 15 minutes (to make cutting easier) and make a shallow cut about 5 mm deep along the entire length. Bake in a medium oven at about 180°C for 35 minutes (more or less depending on the oven).

Ingredients

Ingredients
 500 Flour
 1 Salt
 250 Egg
 125 Sugar
 125 Butter
 100 Fresh cream
 125 Baker's yeast
 5 Liquid vanilla
 5 Orange blossom water
 10 Dark rum
 Milk

Directions

Directions
1

Preparation of the ingredients Place all the ingredients in the mixing bowl (except for the sugar and butter) and mix for 5 minutes.

2

Gradually incorporate the butter, then the sugar, and mix until the dough comes away from the walls.

3

Rest Let the dough rise for 1 hour at room temperature, then for 12 hours in the refrigerator. Divide into 4 pieces of about 325 g each. Allow the dough to rest for another 45 minutes at room temperature to relax.

4

Shaping Shape the dough pieces into ovals, into "batards." Brush them with milk and let them rest at room temperature for about 4 hours. Brush with milk a second time.

5

Baking Place the dough pieces in the refrigerator for 15 minutes (to make cutting easier) and make a shallow cut about 5 mm deep along the entire length. Bake in a medium oven at about 180°C for 35 minutes (more or less depending on the oven).

Notes

Recipe for Vendéen Cake
  • laliDecember 29, 2018
    Excellent recipe, however I see the little lady saying that there is no cream in the gache. Do not confuse brioche and gache, these are two different things. If you don't know about brioche, that's a shame; go back to your sources and you'll see that you were mistaken.
  • marie_m25December 29, 2018
    Good evening I would like to try the recipe; I regularly fail at making all my brioche! I ask Philippe where he finds the "malt." Thank you.
  • charlene65December 29, 2018
    Perfect A bit long to make but it's really worth it! It is delicious. My suggestion: With this amount of dough, I made 2 loaves instead of 4, but it doesn't change much!
  • mclaudeDecember 29, 2018
    super good really very good recipe I cooked it for only 20-25 minutes and the result was very good and the tasting hum!!! a delight thank you
  • HinaDecember 29, 2018
    Very good The result is simply delicious, but the dough was very sticky! I don't have a machine to knead, so I had to do it by hand, and I got it all over my fingers! As a result, the outcome isn't very beautiful, but the taste is definitely there. I will do it again. My suggestion: Next time, I will add more flour to get a less sticky dough.

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Nutrition Facts

1 servings

Serving size

1

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