Gateau Nantais: French Rum Cake | The Sunday Baker

Gateau Nantais: French Rum Cake | The Sunday Baker

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Gateau Nantais — a dense almond pound cake from Nantes, soaked with dark Caribbean rum and finished with a thin sheet of royal icing. Quietly spirited.

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Ingredients

  • 60 g | 1/2 cup plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 170 g | 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 200 g | 1 cup sugar
  • 150 g | 1 1/2 cup almond meal
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1/4 cup dark rum
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 170 g | 1 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 Tbsp dark rum
  • 2 Tbsp water

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