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Around My French Table, Dorie Greenspan, four parts cake, French Fridays with Dorie, quartre-quarts cake
Let’s just say that my energy was pretty low after last nights dinner so I didn’t get to making the quartre-quarts until Mei’s first nap of the day but luckily this cake comes together very quickly! I managed to whip the whites and dust the pan without waking Mei, which was rather nerve-racking, and it went into the oven while I had lunch and once it came out???
DELICIOUS!
It smelled wonderful and I was very excited to share this with my husband after dinner tonight. We picked up some really good looking, plump blueberries at the store yesterday and some cream, so I was extra excited to get back from our day today to sit down and enjoy this cake!
After a dinner of pizza – it was just what I was craving, although not at all French, I got the whipped cream whipped, dropped a handful of blueberries on top of the springy, brown sugar glazed cake and enjoyed bite after bite until the first serving was gone…
I can’t confirm or deny that we had a second serving at all, but I can say this, I will be a bit more heavy handed with the brown sugar next time or use sugar in the raw because I want the glaze to cover the entire surface of the cake. And I think I might buy some cute mini bundts or other pan to make these again since these would be perfect for tea or a small, but filling dessert after dinner with my friends! And some of my Dorista friends have tempted me to buy some cute mini pans after seeing their posts this morning! *wink*
To get the recipe, please pick up a copy of Dorie Greenspan’s Around My French Table and then click over here and join our little cooking group! It’s a delicious hobby and worth one day a week! Although most of us find that we cook from Dorie’s book more often than that!! Or just click here to see how the other Doristas fared and what they opted to put on their cakes!
A Mama, Baby & Shar-pei in the Kitchen 
Your cake looks beautiful. I agree, more brown sugar on top next time 😉
AHHH! YES! More brown sugar!! 🙂
That looks great. And that blueberry was HUGE! 🙂 Do you want me to check Ross for some cute mini-bundt pans? I’ll take any excuse I can get you know. lol
LOL! if you want, but don’t worry about it! 🙂 Those blueberries were delicious and I had to share this slice with the hubby and Mei… both had their favorite parts 🙂
I left off the brown sugar but next time will try a generous coating on top!
Your cake looks great, love the blueberries.
Thanks! The brown sugar was totally a must have!
Wow, that is gorgeous. I love the way you decorated it with the cream and blueberries. I agree with you about the amount of sugar, mine could have
used more. I also like the idea of small pans, it would be so cute. Tricia and
I both enjoyed this recipe and will be revisiting it again.
Thanks!! It was so great with the berries! Yay! I will certainly be making this cake again and since its so quick to put together, it can be a last minute dessert addition or afternoon tea snack or evening something for breakfast!! 🙂
Ooh, this would be so cute in tiny bundt pans! I’m definitely trying that!
Your cake looks great with all those blueberries!
Thanks! LOL! I think we are all going to be buying mini cake pans now!
Very pretty! I am with you – I loved seeing some of the other FFwDers mini versions.
yay!! They were SO cute!!
Completing this cake while Mei was napping? That’s efficiency! The whipped cream and blueberries garnish look so pretty and I’m glad you two enjoyed this cake so much. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Yes, this cake came together so fast!
Very nice! I loved this cake with blueberries. I’ve been craving pizza, too! Perhaps tonight…
LOL!! Well good luck with your pizza! I just had a couple slices for lunch and it was amazing! 🙂
I used to plan my life around nap time, I wish I still had something like nap time where the house becomes quiet and I can get things done, but life gets busier all the time. Your cake is lovely and with blueberries (and the blueberries you used are great looking) and whipped cream…well that sounds heavenly. I like that you decorated a slice well.
LOL! It makes my husband nuts to watch me decorate special plates just for the blog or put my dinner on hold just so I can make a nice looking plate for pictures, so now he just gives me a hard time, LOL! 🙂
I’m thinking about trying raw sugar next time too because mine clumped up a bit as well. Oh well, still darn tasty.
Also, it sounds like you and I are having similar problems lately commenting on blogger blogs. I did a little googling today and found a work around for most (sadly not all) of the blogs. When you click on the OpenID drop down box, instead of selecting WordPress, select Name/URL. You can type in either your real name or blog name in the Name field and then copy your blog’s URL into the second field and then click Post. So far I have not had a single error doing it this way. The only problem is that not all blogs enable this option.
Hmmm… ok! I hate leaving the comments in the LYL, since I dont usually go back and check that and I assume most other people dont either, but that was my solution. I will have to try your solution – I still have about 25 more posts to read! 🙂
Yes, I think raw sugar would be great, although I really enjoyed the rogue bits of brown sugar clumps that sank to various points in the cake 🙂
Hi, Alice. I tried to leave a comment on your blog last night, but for some reason I couldn’t. Those are the plumpest blueberries I have ever seen. The slice of cake garnished with the blueberries and cream is so pretty.
Thanks! I have had trouble leaving you comments too! So dont think I’m ignoring your blog, I have tried so many times to leave the Blogger.com and Blogspot bloggers comments and its just being a pain for so many of us right now… ugh. These blueberries are from Ecuador and they taste like summer! Who would have thunk it in the middle of January?
We enjoyed this one too. Yours looks wonderful with the blueberries and cream!
Thanks!!! This was certainly a favorite at our house! 🙂
Oh my goodness, your cake looks so good! I’m going from blog to blog checking out as many of our cakes as I can while the little one naps, but I might end up going out and baking another cake soon! Yum.
LOL! At least its a quick cake to bake! 🙂 Good luck and thanks!
Nice to see you back – hope you are feeling better. Your blueberries look really plump and are a great adornment to the cake!
Thanks! I missed the group! The cake was delicious!
Gorgeous cake, Alice. I especially like the way you decorated with the blueberries. And thanks for your suggestion on what to do with my extra egg yolks. I made lemon curd this morning (first time I ever tried it) and it tastes great!
yay! no problem! I have that problem all of the time, or I have a bunch of egg whites and I pour those into a ziploc baggie and pop them in the freezer (marked with how many there are) and then I can make coconut macaroons or anything that requires just whites 🙂
I think the brown sugar was the best part, so I think adding more can only be a good thing! Just looking at yours makes me want to go bake this again!
LOL! Thats what I feel like every time I read a new post on the 4-4ths! 🙂
Your cake looks delicious. I agree…more brown sugar next time!
For sure!