Tuesdays with Dorie BCM: Martine’s Gâteau de Savoie

July 11, 2017 at 8:17 pm | Posted in BCM, cakes & tortes, groups, simple cakes, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 6 Comments
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Martine’s Gâteau de Savoie is the kind of simple cake I’ll want to make all summer long. It’s the perfect thing to go with roasted strawberries, a pile of raspberries, sliced plums, whatever. It’s an easy to make separated egg sponge– no butter, oil or baking powder needed. I baked mine in a mold that’s traditionally used for something I’ve never made called a trois freres cake, but a bundt pan will do nicely here. I have a jar of scented geranium sugar in the cupboard that I made quite a long time ago and always seem to forget about. I made a mental note to bake with it here, thinking that its light floral taste would go nicely with the roasted strawberries I would be serving alongside the cake. I was too embarrassed to photo the extra large blob of whipped cream I also spooned on top, but you can take my word that shortcake-style ain’t a bad thing.

For the recipe, see Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!

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Geranium scented sugar with roasted strawberries and whipped cream on a Trois ferres cake mold. Looks and sounds like a heavenly combination.

Comment by Summer— July 12, 2017 #

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I have been thinking of multiple ways to use this cake, like a trifle with berries and cream. Adding cream sounds like the right idea to me.

Comment by shirley@everopensauce— July 12, 2017 #

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My son loved this cake with plenty of whipped cream. It was a nice summer cake.

Comment by Diane Zwang— July 12, 2017 #

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This is absolutely gorgeous! And it was good “stale” toasted, right? 😉

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— July 19, 2017 #

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I would never be embarrassed about a large spoon of whipped cream! You would probably just make everyone jealous that they didn’t have it too. You only have one life for living!

Comment by Nicole @ The 2nd 35 Years— July 20, 2017 #

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This is definitely going on my to-do list!

Comment by saffronandhoney— July 20, 2017 #

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