Recipe Recipe n°5: "The French sponge cakes" by the chef Nicolas Boussin

To prepare this dish

Ingredient list

Preparation

125 g Unsalted Gourmet Butter
1 vanilla pods
150 g granulated sugar
2 eggs
225 g flour
1/2 sachet de levure chimique
125 ml Whole milk

Elle & Vire products used

Unsalted Gourmet Butter

Whole milk

Necessary ustensils

Whisk

Oven

Moule à muffin

The recipe,
step by step

1. 1

   Preparation

   • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
   • Mix together the butter, sugar and vanilla seeds and beat until it becomes a light mixture.
   • Add the eggs one at a time.
   • Then, add the flour, baking powder and milk.
   • Mix together until the mixture has a smooth consistency.
   • Pour the mixture into greased, heart-shaped moulds.
   • Bake for approx. 30 minutes
2. 2

   Presentation

   • Place the heart-shaped cakes on a plate.
   • For the decoration: cut hearts out of sugar paste and place these on top of the cake.
   • Decorate the hearts as desired with the sugar paste.

   BY THE CHEF NICOLAS BOUSSIN