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Monday 28 June 2010

The Rose Genoise - cornerstone of French baking.





Viva Genoise!




Any form of it. I think I tried this cake in so much baking forms but rose. This cake is a really welcome in my kitchen also in a flower state.

Suddenly, I lost a part of images from a preparation stage so all I can post is the only the result of my work.
It is maybe unnecessary to enter in a details of this stage, because there were no surprises. I took my beurre noisette from the fridgidare where I always have a can prepared ahead and beat the eggs according to Rose instructions. Then fold the buere noisette flour mixture into the eggs and gave to my oven one more chance.
I haven’t a Nordic Ware rose pan, so I decided to use my silicone rose form instead. I think I paid for this a little - top of my cake was a little bit damaged when I inverted the cake on the wire rack. Also it looks a bit over baked. With this point I'm not sure maybe I have to take it out a 5 minute early then I did? But here how it looks:

Applying a Cointreau sugar syrup, finishing touches with a ganache, couple rose petal from gum paste and my cake was ready to go to my father birthday celebration

This cake is best if allowed to sit a day. It was a big success for this cake even my mother which is more than indifferent to any kind of sponge cake loves this one flat. Part of the guests invited and accomplish it with ice cream.

9 comments:

  1. Looks brilliant! I love this cake tin. In fact I just love pretty cake tins, I just posted a giant Oreo cookie cake, I got the amazing pan at Williams Sonoma on my last holiday. I bet this cake was delicious! x

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  2. I imagine your father and family really enjoyed this cake. It looks delightful. I love the chocolate dripping down the sides.

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  3. Pretty! I love the chocolate drizzle.

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  4. How fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had seen it before I shared mine, but you can bet yer boots this is the way it will look next time. Yay. I think Hector had some comments on silicone bundt pans and possibly this one as well.

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  5. Seriously.. how good can this look.. LOVE and I mean LOVE the drizzle effect.. something so simple and yet such a high impact!

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  6. so pretty!!! I love the petals as well!

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  7. Love the chocolate drizzle on top. Glad it was a bit hit at your dad's birthday party!

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  8. Stunning! I wondered how chocolate would be on this cake.

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  9. Love the chocolate and rose petals!

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