French Gâteaux Recipe (Layered Fruit and Cream Cake)

Name: French Gâteaux Recipe (Layered Fruit and Cream Cake)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 100 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cup Butter (1 cup Butter (Salted) plus more for pan (or 1 cup coconut oil or canola oil for vegan)); 2 cup Granulated Sugar (2-1/2 cups Sugar — up to 0.5 + 2 tablespoons Sugar); 4 pieces Flaxmeal Egg Replacer (4 Flaxmeal Egg Replacer or eggs); 2 cup All-Purpose Flour (2-1/2 cups Vivatta Maida plus more for pan — up to 0.5); ½ cup Almond Flour (1/2 cup Almond Meal (Badam Powder)); ½ tsp Table Salt (1/2 teaspoon Salt); 1 tsp Baking Powder (1 teaspoon Baking powder); ½ cup Almond Milk (1/2 cup Milk (vegan-almond milk instead)); ¼ cup Lemon Juice (1/4 cup Lemon juice); 2 tsp Vanilla (1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract + 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract); 500 ml Heavy Cream (500 ml Heavy whipping cream); 250 g Mascarpone Cheese (250 grams Mascarpone Cheese); 2 tbsp Caster Sugar (2 tablespoons Caster Sugar); 2 tbsp Water (2 tablespoon Water); ¼ cup Orange Juice (1/4 cup Fresh orange juice); 4 pieces Kiwi (4 Kiwi cut into wedges); 2 pieces Orange (2 Oranges wedges, cut into smaller pieces); 1 piece Pineapple (1 Pineapple cut into small wedges (15 such pieces are needed)); 0 pieces Cherry (Fresh Cherries); 1 piece Almond (1 Slivered Almonds (Badam))

French Gâteaux Recipe (Layered Fruit and Cream Cake) - Cake Recipes (French)

125 minFrench

Servings6

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Ingredients

For 6 servings

Butter1 cup · 1 cup Butter (Salted) plus more for pan (or 1 cup coconut oil or canola oil for vegan)
Granulated Sugar2 cup · 2-1/2 cups Sugar — up to 0.5 + 2 tablespoons Sugar
Flaxmeal Egg Replacer4 pieces · 4 Flaxmeal Egg Replacer or eggs
All-Purpose Flour2 cup · 2-1/2 cups Vivatta Maida plus more for pan — up to 0.5
Almond Flour½ cup · 1/2 cup Almond Meal (Badam Powder)
Table Salt½ tsp · 1/2 teaspoon Salt
Baking Powder1 tsp · 1 teaspoon Baking powder
Almond Milk½ cup · 1/2 cup Milk (vegan-almond milk instead)
Lemon Juice¼ cup · 1/4 cup Lemon juice
Vanilla2 tsp · 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract + 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Heavy Cream500 ml · 500 ml Heavy whipping cream
Mascarpone Cheese250 g · 250 grams Mascarpone Cheese
Caster Sugar2 tbsp · 2 tablespoons Caster Sugar
Water2 tbsp · 2 tablespoon Water
Orange Juice¼ cup · 1/4 cup Fresh orange juice
Kiwi4 pieces · 4 Kiwi cut into wedges
Orange2 pieces · 2 Oranges wedges, cut into smaller pieces
Pineapple1 piece · 1 Pineapple cut into small wedges (15 such pieces are needed)
Cherry0 pieces · Fresh Cherries
Almond1 piece · 1 Slivered Almonds (Badam)

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Steps

1To begin making the French Fruit Cake (Gateaux) recipe, we will first prepare the lemon pound cake according to the instructions. Preheat the oven to 180 C. Butter and flour a 10" loaf, square, or a bundt pan. I like using a loaf pan as the cake slices nicely.
2Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and keep aside.
3Using the large bowl or a KitchenAid Stand Mixer bowl, beat together the (butter) oil, sugar and vanilla essence, add in the eggs (eggless: Flax Eggs) and milk (Vegan: almond milk) and beat until well combined. Finally add in the flour mixture and beat until well combined.
4Pour the batter into the prepared greased pan and bake until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. The baking time will vary from oven to oven, so take care too look at it after 30 minutes.
5Allow the cake to cool completely. Bake the pound cake recipe in a round spring foam pan.
6First, prepare the sugar syrup. Combine all the ingredients for the syrup, stir well until the sugar dissolved. Keep this aside.
7Next, we will prepare the cream frosting. In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk the cream along with the sugar until it becomes light and fluffy and forms soft peaks. Once the cream forms soft peaks, add in the mascarpone cheese and whisk until just about combined. Keep this aside.
8Now we will begin to make the cake in layers. Slice the cake horizontally into half. Carefully lift the top later and place it down. Drizzle the sugar juice syrup to both the cake halves. This makes the cake moist and juicy.
9Place the bottom layer on a cake platter or a serving plate. Using a cake spatula, apply the frosting mixture and spread evenly on the bottom half of the cake. Lay the chopped fruits like kiwi, pineapple, oranges generously on this layer of cream.
10Next place the second half the cake over the fruits and lightly press it down with your palms. Spread the remaining frosting smoothly with a palate knife or a back of a spoon all round the cake including the sides. Using the back of the spoon, give the cream frosting a little spike by pulling the spoon away from the frosting.
11This gives a neat and yet uneven look to the cake. Finally lay the remaining fruits on the top of the cake and just splash the almond slivers to the sides of the cake. The French Gâteaux Recipe (Layered Fruit and Cream Cake) is now ready.
12Refrigerate the cake for a couple of hours or over night or until the next day for your parties.