HOME RECIPES INFORMATION KITCHENTOOLS

Starters Main Courses Desserts Basics

• Classic butter cake:
• * quatre quart

• Although the word "cake" is a name for "pastry" or "pie" in English-speaking countries, only one type of baking exists under this name in Belgium, often named 'quatre quart'.
• Coming from using 4 main ingredients and all with the same amount.

INGREDIENTS:

1. 250gr eggs
2. 250gr flour
3. 250gr granulated sugar
4. 250gr unsalted butter
5. teaspoon baking powder

• Put the butter, salt and sugar together in the bowl of the kenwood.
• Beat at full power to a homogeneous mass, use the K beater.
• ad half of the eggs and half of the sifted flour, repeat with the remaining eggs and flour.
• Add the baking powder.
• Mix untill nice and smooth.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven set to 180°C for 40 minutes.
• Check after 40 minutes >
• Pierce the center with a stick until nothing sticks or when the stick feels warm when you hold it against your wrist!
• Give it another few minutes if needed.
• It all depends wich baking tray you are using, the key is >> check while baking!

Let it cool down before usage!

Be creative, add fruit, dryed fruit/raisins or whatever you like.

Just make sure you use dry 'extra' ingredients or you cake will be undercooked.

Very tasty when adding Marschino cherries!

TOOLS NEEDED:

1. Spring cake tin 24,5cm / cake mould
2. Spatula
3. Beater or kenwood (or kitchenaid)
4. Fine strainer
5. Oven pre-heated at 180°C

TIPS & TRICKS:

1. Always measure correct when baking!
2. Use the fine strainer.
3. Mix everything gently, we want an airy batter, so we get an airy cake.