Sauternes-Soaked Genoise with Candied Kumquats Recipe

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Sauternes-Soaked Genoise with Candied Kumquats
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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
274
Calories
Total time
105
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 5 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 3 cups fresh kumquats (3/4 lb without leaves), 1 kumquat (left whole) reserved for sauternes syrup and remainder halved lengthwise (quartered if large) and seeds discarded
  • 1 1/2 cups sauternes
  • 6 tbsp sugar
  • zest of 1 kumquat, removed with a vegetable peeler

Directions:

  1. Make cake: Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter cake pan. Line bottom of pan with a round of wax paper or parchment, then butter paper. Dust pan with flour, knocking out excess.
  2. Sift together flour and salt. Beat together eggs, sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer at high speed until tripled in volume and thick enough to form a ribbon that takes 2 seconds to dissolve when beater is lifted, 7 to 8 minutes in a standing mixer or 14 to 16 minutes with a handheld.
  3. Resift flour mixture, one third at a time, over batter, folding in gently but thoroughly with a rubber spatula after each addition. Stir together butter and about 3/4 cup batter in a small bowl until combined, then fold butter mixture into batter gently but thoroughly.
  4. Pour batter into cake pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.
  5. Transfer cake in pan to a rack, then run a thin knife between cake and side of pan and cool cake, about 20 minutes. Invert cake onto a platter with a lip and peel off paper.
  6. Make candied kumquats while cake bakes: Bring water, sugar, and salt to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 2 minutes. Add kumquats and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer kumquats to a heatproof bowl using a slotted spoon, then boil syrup until reduced to about 2/3 cup, 3 to 7 minutes. Pour over kumquats.
  7. Make Sauternes syrup while cake cools: Bring Sauternes, sugar, and zest to a boil in a 1-quart heavy saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then boil until reduced to about 1 cup, 5 to 8 minutes. Discard zest.
  8. Prepare cake for serving: Prick top of cake all over with wooden pick or skewer, then brush or pour Sauternes syrup, little by little, evenly over cake, letting syrup be absorbed before each new addition.
  9. Mound kumquats on cake using slotted spoon, then sprinkle with almonds. Serve remaining kumquat syrup on the side.
  10. Cooks' notes: ·Cake can be made and cooled (but not soaked with syrup or topped with fruit and almonds) 1 day ahead and kept, wrapped in plastic wrap, at room temperature. ·Candied kumquats can be made 3 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to room temperature before serving. ·Cake can be soaked with syrup 6 hours before serving and kept at room temperature, covered with an inverted large bowl or a cake keeper.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 274.44 Kcal (1149 kJ)
Calories from fat 72.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.11g 12%
Cholesterol 90.22mg 30%
Sodium 384.61mg 16%
Potassium 108.81mg 2%
Total Carbs 36.91g 12%
Sugars 22.96g 92%
Dietary Fiber 2.42g 10%
Protein 4.79g 10%
Vitamin C 12.5mg 21%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.7mg 10%
Calcium 38.5mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 160.53 Kcal (672 kJ)
Calories from fat 42.67 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.74g 12%
Cholesterol 52.77mg 30%
Sodium 224.97mg 16%
Potassium 63.65mg 2%
Total Carbs 21.59g 12%
Sugars 13.43g 92%
Dietary Fiber 1.42g 10%
Protein 2.8g 10%
Vitamin C 7.3mg 21%
Iron 1mg 10%
Calcium 22.5mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 5.7
    Points
  • 6
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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