Light Walnut Cake French Recipe & Translation

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Author: ChloƩ

Practice your French with this French English bilingual recipe and learn how to make a delicious light French butterless walnut cake.

A Lighter Version of the Typical Walnut Cake

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La Dordogne est connue pour ses noix. Chez nous, une ancienne ferme de noix, nous mangeons des noix quasiment tous les jours et nous les utilisons pour faire de l’huile, du pain, de l’alcool et bien sĆ»r, des gĆ¢teaux !

The Dordogne area is famous for its walnuts. At our home, a former walnut farm, we eat walnuts almost every day and we use them to make oil, bread, alcohol and of course, cakes!

En général, le gâteau aux noix est très lourd et riche avec beaucoup de beurre, de sucre et de miel. Au lieu de cela, je voudrais partager une recette sans beurre, simple, rapide et légère de gâteau aux noix.

Generally, the walnut cake is very rich and heavy with a lot of butter, sugar, and honey. Instead, I would like to share a butterless, very simple, fast and light walnut cake recipe.

Ingredients For the Light French Walnut Cake

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IngrĆ©dients pour 6 personnes :

Ingredients for 6 persons:

  • 1 verre de farine – 200 gr – 1 cup of flour – 0.5 lb
  • 1 pincĆ©e de sel – 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 verre de crĆØme fraĆ®che – 200 gr – 1 cup of heavy cream – 0.5 lb
  • 2 œufs – 2 eggs
  • ¾ verre de sucre – 150 gr – ¾ cup of sugar – 0.3 lb
  • 1 sachet de levure chimique – 15 gr – 1 packet of baking powder – 1 tablespoon (0.5 oz)
  • 1 bol de cerneaux de noix – environ 100 gr – 1 bowl of walnut kernels, about 2 cups – o.2 lb
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Light French Walnut Cake Recipe

PrĆ©chauffez le four Ć  180°C et beurrez un moule rond de 24 cm

Preheat the oven to 350°F and butter a 9″ baking dish.

Concassez les cerneaux avec un couteau. Conservez quelques les plus beaux cerneaux entiers pour la dƩcoration.

Crush the walnut kernels with a knife. Keep the prettiest whole kernels for decoration.

Battez les œufs et le sucre dans un saladier jusqu’à ce que le mĆ©lange blanchisse (2-3minutes), rajouter la crĆØme fraĆ®che.

Beat the eggs and sugar in a large bowl until the mix becomes light (2-3 minutes), add the crème fraîche/heavy cream.

Ajoutez la farine, le sel et la levure ensemble et mƩlangez bien. Ensuite, ajoutez les noix.

Add flour, salt and baking powder, heavy cream together and mix until well combined. Then, add the walnuts.

Versez l’appareil dans le moule beurrĆ©. Mettez au four pendant 35 Ć  40 minutes, jusqu’à ce que le gĆ¢teau soit d’un joli brun clair.

Pour the mix (l’appareil is a fancy but common French cooking term for mix) into the prepared baking dish. Bake 35 to 40 minutes until the cake reaches a nice light brown color.

Plantez la pointe d’un couteau au centre du gĆ¢teau. Si elle ressort sĆØche, le gĆ¢teau est cuit.

Insert the point of a knife into the center of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.

DƩcorez avec les noix comme vous le dƩsirez.

Decorate with the nuts as you wish.

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Ce gĆ¢teau est dĆ©licieux avec une tasse de thĆ© ou de cafĆ©. Bon appĆ©tit !

This cake is delicious with a cup of tea or coffee. Bon appƩtit!

Author: ChloƩ

ChloƩ

Bonjour - My name is ChloƩ (Klo Ʃ) I live in the countryside of Dordogne where I used to offer French immersion homestays to adult students. I hope you'll enjoy my articles on French Today!

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