| Gâteau magique | |
| Alternate Name: | Magic cake |
| Country: | France |
| Course: | Dessert |
| Type: | Cake |
| Main Ingredient: | Flour, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, milk |
A gâteau magique (also sometimes referred to as magic cake in English) is a French cake that forms three layers when the batter is baked. The bottom layer is custard, the middle layer is cream and the top layer is a sponge.
The dish most likely stems from millasson or millas,[1] a dessert originating from the south-east of France, made from millet flour and cornflour. Two layers form whilst the millasson is cooked, one being a custard layer and the other being a genoise layer, due to the mixing of sugar and eggs.
The cake contains vanilla, eggs, milk, butter, flour, powdered sugar, salt and water.[2] The batter is liquid when it is placed into the oven and is cooked for around fifty minutes in a oven. After it has been cooked, the top of the cake is golden and the middle wobbles slightly. It is placed in the fridge for two hours and then eaten cold.