Chestnut cake (gateau de marrons) Recipe - Los Angeles Times

Chestnut cake (gateau de marrons) Recipe - Los Angeles Times

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ALMOST 40 years ago, Paul Aratow, a UC Berkeley graduate student living in Paris, wandered into a bookstore with the vague intention of learning to cook. He picked up the thickest book he could find...

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Ingredients

  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 50 chestnuts (about 2 pounds)
  • 1 1/3 cups superfine sugar
  • 5 eggs, separated
  • A good pinch of powdered vanilla
  • 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 3/4 sticks) butter, softened, plus more for the pan
  • Whipped cream

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