This traditional French cake's recipe is rustic and makes use of salt and cheese. The final result is a spongy yellow cake with a black crust called Tourteau Fromager. This cake is barely known in France. It is made of goat cheese, eggs, flour and sugar. This round-shaped cheese looks like its top had been overcooked and burnt.
This speciality is produced in the Deux Sevres. The Tourteau Fromager was created in the 19th century and according to the legend is the result of an accidently burned cake, the top of which was eventually good and helped to keep the cake very fresh inside.
The charcoal-like top is now obtained by baking in a very hot oven before lowering the temperature for the rest of the baking time.
Like many other Poitou-Charentes outstanding food products, a brotherhood was created by producers to protect and promote the original recipe. Once you have tasted this speciality, you may soon become yourself fond of it...
