Mrs Webmuppet Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 The other week I was telling LMW about a cakey thingy that I used to eat in France many years ago ( I might add I was in my teens so it was a very long time ago!). The only problem is I can't for the life of me remember what it was called and hence can't find the recipe on the 'net. What I can remember about it is..........it contained yeast and vanilla sugar , when it was cooked it was a large, round, flatish and had some kind of yellow goo on the top ( in the middle). It was cooked in a huge flan dish. Knowing that Omleteers are a font of all knowledge hopefully someone will know what this cake is called and then I can find a recipe.I do have a French cook book but it's not in my book. Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Clafouti? Often has cherries added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 It didn't have any fruit in it. My penfriends Mum always gave us a bowl full of home made mousse with it. Maybe it was something peculiar to that region of France ( they lived near Besancon - near the Swiss border) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 All I can find tart wise from that region is this but it doesn't have yeast, so I don't think it can be. I am quite intrigued though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily95 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Might it be this...? http://en.petitchef.com/recipes/flan-boulanger-fid-1164101 They call it a pudding on bread dough, which might explain the yeast ingredient? I'm having trouble finding a recipe for it though... hmmm. I'm intriguied to know what this is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I have foundthis but it doesn't have a pastry case, its more like a rice pudding mixed with a custard cream and then poured into a flan case and baked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 After much searching on the internet, I think it's a yeast coffee cake ( it doesn't actually have coffee in it!) but I think my penfriends Mum must have had her own recipe as I never saw her refer to a piece of paper or book. http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Coffee-Cake-Dough-Recipezaar with added vanilla sugar then with a bit of eggy custard stuff ( a bit like the yellow goo in the middle of a danish pastry). If I get chance later I may just have a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 That's interesting- let us know how it turns out. The eggy stuff would be Creme patissiere I should think. Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
