Description
A savory version of a traditional cake from the northern Netherlands.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 head of garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp Apple Pear Syrup (Appelstroop)
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 4 thyme sprigs
- ½ tsp salt
For the cake:
- 14 oz self-rising flour
- 3 eggs
- 6 fl oz buttermilk
- 3.5 oz grated aged goat cheese
- 1 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ oz dried mushrooms, rehydrated
- 2 oz melted butter, and some extra to grease the pan
- 2 oz breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Peel the garlic cloves and blanche them in boiling water.
- Chop the garlic. Heat the olive oil and sauté the garlic a few minutes.
- Add the Apple Pear Syrup. Keep stirring and let it caramelize.
- Deglaze with the vinegar and 3 ½ oz of water.
- Add the thyme and salt and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Mix the flour, eggs, buttermilk, cheese, mustard powder, salt and the drained mushrooms in a large bowl.
- Use an electric mixer and mix it into a firm batter.
- Stir in the melted butter.
- Grease the Bundt cake pan and lid with some butter and cover with the breadcrumbs.
- Shake the pan so that all is covered with crumbs.
- Fill the form for 2/3 of the way up the pan with the batter, and cover with the lid.
- Fill a separate baking dish with 1 inch of boiling water.
- Place the Bundt pan in the baking dish and bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. If too much water has evaporated you might need to add more halfway through the baking process.
- Take the Bundt pan out, take lid off, and place a plate on top.
- Turn the cake upside down.
- Cut in slices and serve with the sauce.
Notes
Use a Bundt cake pan with a lid.