Comments on: Gateau Breton (Brittany butter cake)

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:28:13 +0000

Tried and tested! My folks bought a 300-year old house in Brittany and my mom & I became addicted to this – although we aways bought it & never tried making it ourselves.

This winter, they headed north for the summer & left me behind so I decided to try my hand at making a Breton Gateau so at least I’d feel not-too-hard-done-by!

This recipe is super easy, and tastes exactly as it should.

Agree about the lattice pattern appearing only when it decides – I am making this recipe now for the second time and it is not showing up. C’est la vie, non?

Thank you!

By: 1234 1-2-3-4 Butter Cake recipe @ Not Quite Nigella

1234 1-2-3-4 Butter Cake recipe @ Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:22:11 +0000

[...] recipe for Butter Cake the first person I thought of was her. Last Christmas I baked her a buttery Gateau Breton (something between a shortbread and a cake) and she was enraptured by it so naturally a rich and [...]

By: Not Quite Nigella » Recipe: Mont Blanc White chocolate and Coconut macaroons

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:00:51 +0000

[...] I usually make these for Christmas presents but don’t think I would recommend that you make a Gateau Breton requiring 6 egg yolks and leave you stranded with 6 egg whites do you? Of course not Dear Reader. [...]

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:38:06 +0000

Hi Brittany-Indeed it does!

Hi Y-It’s very rich so I think it needs the portion sizing

Hi Maria-There was SO much butter leftover I remember seeing a news story about it, there’s definitely no shortage in the UK!

Hi grace-true, based on those ingredients, it’s hard to screw it up

Hi FFichiban-It’s definitely worth whipping up for a nice afternoon tea or dessert

Hi Patricia-That’s right, there’s always too many yolks or eggs in my fridge at any one time

By: Patricia Scarpin

Patricia Scarpin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:57:58 +0000

I have bookmarked this recipe on the book, since I want to make friands and need another recipe to use the egg yolks.
This looks superb, Lorraine!

By: FFichiban

FFichiban — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:43:10 +0000

Buttery goodness! Looks so tasty I will have to try this someday ^^

By: grace

grace — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:33:59 +0000

eggs, butter, sugar, flour–how could you ever go wrong with a cast of characters like that? i’m especially partial to the butter portion.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:11:05 +0000

I’m sure it’s something really special! I hadn’t even thought about what you’d do with all of the leftover butter.

I remember reading this year about the worlds butter shortage supply and how some bakeries were locking their butter up because it was being stolen!

By: Y

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:38:09 +0000

Looks gloriously rich. I like your portion sizes as well

By: Brittany

Brittany — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:58:31 +0000

mmm…Brittany Butter Cake sounds like just the thing for me!