Basque Cake with Cherry Preserves (Gale Gand) Recipe

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Basque Cake with Cherry Preserves (Gale Gand)
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 3/4 cups cake flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds , optional
  • confectioners' sugar , for dusting

Directions:

  1. Place an oven rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 10-inch cake pan or spring-form pan. In a mixer with a whip attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Gradually beat in the sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract.
  2. Sift the cake flour, salt, and baking powder together and use a rubber spatula to fold the dry ingredients into this butter mixture until a soft dough forms and no white streaks of flour remain. Spread half the batter evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan. Stir the almond extract into the cherry preserves. Spoon the cherry preserves over the batter, spreading it within 2 inches of the border.
  3. Drop the remaining batter by large spoonfuls or pipe it with a plain tip over the preserves. Spread the batter carefully over the jam to the edge of the pan. Sprinkle with sliced almonds, if using.
  4. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a bamboo skewer inserted into the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging to it. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack. Unmold the cake and dust with confectioners' sugar.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 383.66 Kcal (1606 kJ)
Calories from fat 116.56 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.95g 20%
Cholesterol 80.1mg 27%
Sodium 82.84mg 3%
Potassium 137.9mg 3%
Total Carbs 62.1g 21%
Sugars 29.59g 118%
Dietary Fiber 1.4g 6%
Protein 5.84g 12%
Vitamin C 3.1mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 3.1mg 17%
Calcium 46.9mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 371.38 Kcal (1555 kJ)
Calories from fat 112.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.54g 20%
Cholesterol 77.53mg 27%
Sodium 80.19mg 3%
Potassium 133.49mg 3%
Total Carbs 60.11g 21%
Sugars 28.64g 118%
Dietary Fiber 1.36g 6%
Protein 5.65g 12%
Vitamin C 3mg 5%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 3mg 17%
Calcium 45.4mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.5
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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