French cake recipes

20 recipes
Recipe Basque cake, a southwestern french dessert

Basque cake, a southwestern french dessert

Dessert Difficult 1 h 40 m 686 kcal
Ingredients: For the pastry : 2.5 cups flour 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup softened butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract For the pastry...
Recipe French amandier cake, the super soft almond cake

French amandier cake, the super soft almond cake

Dessert Very Easy 35 min 440 kcal
Ingredients: 3 eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1.5 cups almond meal 1 tsp almond extract 1/3 cup melted butter 1/3 cup almond flakes
Recipe Fraisier cake, the french way to heaven

Fraisier cake, the french way to heaven

Dessert Easy 3 hours 20 min
Ingredients: Crème mousseline : 2 cups milk (42 cl) 1 vanilla pod 4 egg yolks 2/3 cup sugar (125 gr) 1/2 cup corn starch (60 gr) 3/4 cup butter (190 gr) Sponge...
Recipe French spice cake

French spice cake

Dessert Very Easy 45 min 383 kcal
Ingredients: 2/3 cup milk (15 cl) 3.5 oz honey 3.5 oz butter 1 & 2/3 cup wheat flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 pinch salt 1 tsp grounded...
Recipe French yogurt cake - video recipe !

French yogurt cake - video recipe !

Dessert Very Easy 15 min 40 min
Ingredients: 1 yogurt pot 3 sugar pots 4 flour pots 1 oil pot 2 tsp baking powder 1 pinch of salt 3 eggs 2 tsp vanilla sugar
Recipe Blueberry cake, the french tourte des pyrénées

Blueberry cake, the french "tourte des pyrénées"

Snacks Very Easy 10 min 45 min
Ingredients: 3 eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla 3 Tbsp rum 1/2 cup butter 1,5 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 4,5 oz blueberries
Recipe French almond cake

French almond cake

Dessert Easy 25 min 35 min
Ingredients: Ingredients : (makes one 7" or 8" cake pan) 110g unsalted butter, cut into small cubes and leave to soften 120g caster sugar 3 large eggs, lightly...
Recipe French four spice cake with browned butter spice frosting

French four spice cake with browned butter spice frosting

Dessert Very Easy 20 min 45 min
Ingredients: Cake: ½ cup butter, softened 1 cup packed brown sugar Zest of ½ orange 2 large eggs 11/3 cups flour 2 tablespoons . unsweetened cocoa 2 teaspoons....
Recipe Gâteau au yaourt à la framboise (french yogurt cake with raspberries)

Gâteau au yaourt à la framboise (french yogurt cake with raspberries)

Dessert Very Easy 45 min 30 min
Ingredients: 1 cup unbleached granulated sugar 2 tsp lemon zest 1/2 cup plain, fat-free yogurt 3 eggs 1/4 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil 1...
Recipe French perigordine walnut cake

French perigordine walnut cake

Dessert Very Easy 1 h 15 m 498 kcal
Ingredients: 250g shelled walnuts 120g unsalted butter 250g brown sugar 4 eggs 1 tablespoon icing sugar
Recipe French chocolate hazelnut cake

French chocolate hazelnut cake

Dessert Very Easy 15 min 40 min
Ingredients: 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTL® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels, divided 3/4 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened 1...
Recipe French chocolate cake

French chocolate cake

Dessert Very Easy 45 min 995 kcal
Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1/2 cup cocoa 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sour cream 3/4 cup water 1 teaspoon...
Recipe French silk chocolate cake

French silk chocolate cake

Dessert Easy 35 min 40 min
Ingredients: The cake base : 80 g sifted self-raising flour 30 g cocoa powder 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 large egg seperated 120 g caster...
Recipe Meringue cake

Meringue cake

Dessert Very Easy 40 min 460 kcal
Ingredients: 2 egg yolks 1/2 C milk 2 Tbs butter 3/4 C sugar 1 C flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 egg whites 1 1/2 C brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla
Recipe Rhubarb friands

Rhubarb friands

Other Very Easy 15 min 20 min
Ingredients: 200 g Rhubarb 2 tablespoons Icing Sugar For the Friands: 100 g Butter 140 g Icing Sugar 25 g Plain Flour 85 g Ground Almonds 3 Egg Whites
Recipe Strawberry & pistachio financiers

Strawberry & pistachio financiers

Appetizer Very Easy 15 min 20 min
Ingredients: Almond powder, 50g Pistachios (ground), 100g Butter, 75g Icing sugar, 80g Flour, 30g Egg white, 3 Strawberries, 20
Recipe Lemon rum madeleines

Lemon rum madeleines

Other Very Easy 15 min 8 min
Ingredients: 2/3 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled 2 large eggs 1/2 teaspoon rum extract 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 1 cup...
Recipe Gateau Breton - A French Pound Cake, Shortbread, Pastry-like Treat

Gateau Breton - A French Pound Cake, Shortbread, Pastry-like Treat

It's been crazy for the past few months since I've taken on some extra responsibilities that have proven to be much more time consuming than I had anticipated. Things will eventually settle down again, but for now the workload has kept me from being able
Recipe French Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake

French Lemon Poppy Seed Pound Cake

Inspiration from 'Flour', a fun read for lovers of home baking, by Joanne Chang, the owner and pastry chef at Flour Bakery Cafe in Boston. It's been a few years since I made a lemon poppy seed cake and my stash of Meyer lemons was calling out to me,
Recipe Faluche Du Nord ~ French Bread

Faluche Du Nord ~ French Bread

For this month's Home Baker's Challenge, Priya of Priya's Versatile Recipes has suggested some beautiful French Bake recipes. Out of them I chose to make this simple and easy bread Faluche. Faluche is a traditional pale white bread from the Northern re