Gateau De Sirop Recipes

GATEAU DE SIROP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch cake pan with 1 tablespoon of shortening. In a mixing bowl, cream 1/3 cup of shortening, sugar and syrup together. Add the water and mix well. Mix in the egg. Add the baking powder, cinnamon, salt, flour, nutmeg, and baking soda, beating until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes or until the cake sets. For the topping: In a mixing bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, flour, shortening, and pecans together, mix well. Spread the topping evenly over the baked cake and return to the oven. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the topping melts. Remove from the oven and serve warm. Garnish with whipped cream, mint, cinnamon-sugar mixture, and powdered sugar.

CAJUN SYRUP CAKE (GÂTEAU DE SIROP)

Steps:

• Combine dry ingredients.
• Then in a mixing bowl add milk, eggs 1 at a time, shortening & cane syrup.
• Beat gently only till all ingredients are mixed together (do not overbeat!).
• Pour batter into bundt pan, tube pan or deep cake pan & bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes.

GATEAU DE SIROP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Thickly butter and flour a tube pan, large loaf pan or 13-by-9-inch baking pan.
• In a mixer, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy.
• Mix in syrup and eggs.
• In a bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda.
• Add half of this mixture and half the buttermilk to syrup mixture and mix.
• Repeat, then mix in vanilla, if using.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 45 to 60 minutes, until springy to the touch.
• Cool in pan on rack.
• Serve in slices or squares, with a dollop of whipped cream, a sprinkling of chopped nuts and a drizzle of cane syrup on top.