One Bowl Cake with Maple Brown Butter Cream
One Bowl Cake with Maple Brown Butter Cream
If only all cakes could be so simple. This recipe is taken from the classic French yoghurt pot cake concept but I didn’t have a yoghurt pot so mine uses scales. You make the cake all in one bowl and then use the same cake bowl for the icing. If you are looking to impress someone tomorrow with maximum flavour but minimum effort...try this winner...you can thank me later. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
Serves 8
For the sponge base
4 medium eggs, room temperature
160g Greek yoghurt
200g caster sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
160ml extra virgin olive oil
Zest of 2 lemons
120g spelt / 100g plain flour
1 level tsp baking powder
1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
good pinch of salt
80g ground almonds
For the icing
375g cream cheese, at room temp
70g butter, at room temp
45g maple syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
small pinch salt
Preheat the oven to 180C degrees + grab a 27cm by 20cm baking tray or something similar. Line with baking paper.
In a large bowl, add the first 6 ingredients for the sponge into the bowl. Mix together with a whisk until combined. Then add the remaining 5 ingredients until you have a thick, silky mix. Don’t over mix! Pour into the baking tray + place into the middle of the oven for 30mins. It should have puffed up + gone golden. A skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave to cool while you whip up the icing.
For the brown butter, add the butter into a saucepan + set to a medium to high heat. Allow butter to melt completely + bubble. Reduce heat + swirl it around. You should start to smell a hazelnut aroma + it will start to go golden. At this point, remove from heat + use a spatula to scrap into the bow. Place this into the freezer to cool for 10mins.
Next for the icing, add the cream cheese, maple syrup, vanilla extract, cooled brown butter, salt into a bowl. Whisk together until fluffy + combined. About 2mins.
Swirl onto cooled cake base. This lasts for up to 4 days stored in a cool dry place.
Looking for more classic French recipes? Take a look at some of my South of France favourites.