Gateau basque - traditional basque recipe on Gourmetpedia, your food reference

Ingredients

• - 1 egg yolk
• - 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) granulated sugar
• - 50 g (2 oz.) softened butter
• - 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) flour
• - 20 g (2/3 oz.) powdered almonds
• - 5 g (1 tsp.) Alsa yeast or quick dry yeast (see note above)
• - A pinch of salt
• - 1 tsp. rum
• - 1/2 vanilla bean
• - 25 g (1 oz.) flour
• - 2 egg yolks
• - 75 g (5 tbsp.) sugar