cake sara ケーク・サレ

[cteavin]

Hi,

Apparently these cakes are becoming all the rage in department stores and I was asked to make a couple for this weekend which is fine, I've found a few recipes in Japanese, but what I can't find is what this cake is called in French so I can research these recipes. Does anyone know what Cake Sara/Sala is called in either English or French? It looks like a quick bread with cheese and sometimes vegetables or meat mixed in.

Thank you,

[cteavin]

If you can't read the Japanese maybe the pics on this site will help identify what I'm asking about.

http://shop.inter-mk.co.jp/cake_sale/

[rickster]

I'm going to speculate that this is a Japanese take on a French loaf cake, like the "Le Weekend", which often has candied fruit in but is obviously a sweet cake. But I've never seen anything in the savory range like this in a whole lot of French baking books that I own. I guess it could be some sort of new idea.

[prasantrin]

One of the problems is that you've transliterated the name incorrectly. It's "cake sale" (salt cake, most likely) not "cake sara/sale".

[prasantrin]

Tons of recipes for cake sale if you do a search (and more accurate if you put an accent aigu on the e of sale).

Here's one example

http://www.citronetvanille.com/blog/appetizers/a-deja-vu-cake-traditional-french-gruyere-green-olives-and-ham-cake/

Edited November 17, 2010 by prasantrin (log)

[djyee100]

The photos on Prasantrin's link helped ring a bell here. I recently ate Cake aux Olives at the Tartine bakery in SF. It was just like the pic-- a heavy, cheesy, eggy bread with olives and ham in it. If you google "Cake aux Olives" you'll find more recipes in French. good luck.

[LindaK]

Savory quick breads are a staple pre-dinner nibble in French homes. They generally include some combination of cheese, diced ham, olives, and herbs.

Anna N made the Savory Cheese and Chive Bread from Dorie Greenspan's "Around my French Table." Pictured here, described here.

As others have suggested, using the term salé (literally salted but meaning savory) as opposed to sucré (sweet) might help your search.

[Blether]

If you can't read the Japanese maybe the pics on this site will help identify what I'm asking about.

http://shop.inter-mk.co.jp/cake_sale/

As I read it, the breads on sale here are "with scallops; with prawns; curried".

[cteavin]

And the winner is: French Loaf Cake +Savory. Key that in your search and the recipes flow. It's interesting. I got into a discussion a long time ago about savory cakes and here we are. Now I need to weed out three good recipes for Monday.

Cheers,

[FrogPrincesse]

I am going to be test driving a couple of savory quick bread recipes for a potluck. Indeed these are really popular in France and there are even entire books devoted to them.

The most traditional one is the olive, cheese & ham version.

They seem to be ideal for potlucks as they can be eaten room temperature and are very portable. They make a light lunch with a salad. They are also good with a spread such as tapenade.

There was an article in the New York Times about "cake salé" this summer. (The accent is important as sale means dirty!)