French Gateau Marjolaine (Marjolaine Cake) Recipe

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French Gateau Marjolaine (Marjolaine Cake)
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
555
Calories
Total time
65
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. FOR THE MERINGUE NUT CAKE: Preheat oven to very hot 450°F.
  2. In separate pans or pie plates put 1 1/2 cups blanched almonds and 1 full cup skinned hazelnuts. Bake in the hot oven for 20 minutes, or until brown, shaking pans occasionally. Remove from oven and cool. Grind 1 cup at a time in an electric blender on high speed for about 5 seconds, and empty into a bowl. Mix ground nuts with 1 1/2 cups sugar.
  3. Reduce oven to very slow 250°F.
  4. Beat until stiff: 8 egg whites (reserve yolks for butter cream), a pinch of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar.
  5. Gradually fold in the sugar nut mixture.
  6. Line baking sheets with waxed paper or parchment paper and butter paper lightly.
  7. On it mark 4 bands about 12 inches long and 4 inches wide. Spread these bands thickly with the meringue nut mixture, and bake in the slow oven for about 30 minutes, or until crusty on top, but still pliable. Invert on waxed paper, and carefully remove waxed paper from bottom of bands. Cool.
  8. FOR THE CHOCOLATE WAFERS: Melt: 6 ounces semisweet chocolate pieces over hot water.
  9. Cut circles 2 1/2 inches in diameter from waxed paper or parchment paper and spread these rounds with a thin coating of the melted chocolate. Place rounds on a cookie sheet and chill in refrigerator.
  10. FOR THE BUTTER CREAM: In saucepan combine: 1 cup sugar, 1/3 cup water, and 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar. Bring to a boil and boil rapidly to 240°F on a candy thermometer, or until syrup spins a long thread. Gradually in a thin stream pour the hot syrup into 8 egg yolks beating all the time, and continue to beat until the mixture is COOL and thick.
  11. When cool beat in bit by bit 1 1/2 cups sweet butter. This makes 1 quart butter cream.
  12. Measure 1 cup of the butter cream and flavor it with 1 teaspoon vanilla.
  13. Measure a second cup and flavor it with 1/4 cup praline powder.
  14. Melt: 3 ounces semisweet chocolate pieces with 1 tablespoon water and stir into remaining butter cream. Chill all 3 flavored creams until firm enough to spread.
  15. PRALINE POWDER: In a saucepan combine: 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water, 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar, and 1/2 cup blanched almonds. Cook without stirring until mixture is color of dark molasses. Pour onto oiled cookie sheet and let cool.
  16. Detach the praline from sheet with pancake turner and break into pieces. Blend half at a time in container of an electric blender for about 20 seconds, or until ground to a fine powder.
  17. Store in refrigerator in a tightly closed container. Makes a bout 3/4 cup.
  18. PRESENTATION: Place a meringue band on a serving plate and spread with the vanilla cream. Top with second meringue band and spread with half the chocolate cream. Top with the third meringue band and spread with praline cream. Top with fourth meringue band. Frost sides with remaining chocolate cream and sprinkle top heavily with confectioners’ sugar.
  19. Carefully peel waxed paper from bottom of the chocolate wafers and decorate the sides of the cake by overlapping the wafers all the way around. Serves 10.
  20. A Treasury of Great Recipes by Mary and Vincent Price.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 554.86 Kcal (2323 kJ)
Calories from fat 281.29 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31.25g 48%
Cholesterol 130.94mg 44%
Sodium 219.04mg 9%
Potassium 462.09mg 10%
Total Carbs 61.53g 21%
Sugars 52.74g 211%
Dietary Fiber 5.32g 21%
Protein 15.2g 30%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 2%
Iron 2.8mg 15%
Calcium 112mg 11%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 293.44 Kcal (1229 kJ)
Calories from fat 148.76 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.53g 48%
Cholesterol 69.25mg 44%
Sodium 115.84mg 9%
Potassium 244.38mg 10%
Total Carbs 32.54g 21%
Sugars 27.89g 211%
Dietary Fiber 2.81g 21%
Protein 8.04g 30%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 2%
Iron 1.5mg 15%
Calcium 59.2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 12.9
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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