French Almond Rum Cake | Gâteau Nantais | Gâteau de Nantes

This French cake is an almond-based cake flavored with rum, drenched in a rum soaking syrup, and topped with a rum-infused icing--this is one decadent, boozy cake! Gâteau Nantais comes from Nantes, a port city in France that once received many imports from French Caribbean colonies. This simple French cake was created to showcase those ingredients and is a celebrated part of Nantes gastronomy. If you want to be authentic, make sure to use Rhum Agricole!
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[@wanderlust139]

The cake looks amazing! I’ll be buying French dark rum for the recipe 🙂

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

You're going to love this cake!

[@Ritanarecipes]

Hi friend, this recipe looks so tasty. You did a great job, thank you!

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

Thank you! Hope you get a chance to try it out!

[@lisaknieriem5852]

Hello 👋 Thanks so much for this very detailed recipe. I learned something new. This will definitely have to be a splurge for a special occasion or I may have to try to see if I can make it low carb. I will definitely be making the original probably for the holidays! 🙏🤤

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

@@lisaknieriem5852 I hope you enjoy it!

[@kellyadams8235]

This looks delicious! My grandmother used to make the best rum cake and I think her secret may have been a soaking syrup. Great video!

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

Thank you, Kelly! The soaking syrup really is the secret. It takes an otherwise simple cake to the next level. Hope you have a chance to give it a try!

[@Lady-Lilith]

I have a French apple cake recipe that's so simple and delightful. It calls for rum but I never knew French rum was different.

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

I didn't know the difference either until I was researching for this video! An apple rum cake sounds delicious. 🤤

[@OldLadyBakes]

Just lovely. May I ask your preference for this recipe vs the recipe on your website? Thank you!!

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

It's the same recipe! 😊

[@OldLadyBakes]

I must have missed something. Thank you! For some reason, the recipe I was able to print differed re: almond flour vs. blanched almonds in the food processor. Have you made it both ways? Thanks again!

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

​@@OldLadyBakes Here's the link to this recipe! Just almond flour in this one. 😊 Let me know how it turns out! www.bakeacrosseurope.com/2023/08/08/french-almond-rum-cake-from-nantes-gateau-nantais/

[@OldLadyBakes]

Thank you! Last question 😂: I plan to use almonds, but I need to use a cake pan. Do you foresee any trouble with that? In the future, I will make it with a proper springform pan.

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

@thelittleredheaded1 it should be fine! Just make sure the sides are greased and floured, and put a circle of parchment paper on the bottom of the pan so it easily pops out when you turn it out of the pan. I'm always happy to answer questions-good luck!

[@BigSpud]

Wow I feel drunk just watching that! What a showstopper.

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

Haha! Some of the alcohol is cooked off in the soaking syrup, but yes, this is as rum cake as a rum cake gets!

[@manuscriptsdontburn]

I wouldn't associate rum with France at all, thank you for the historical background. Btw, in Poland such type of cake is appropriately called 'drunk cake' 😄

[@BakeAcrossEurope]

Drunk cake is definitely what this cake is!

[@owenmccord5078]

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