Québec's Classic Maple Syrup Cake

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  • Опубликовано: 2 дек 2023
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    This maple syrup cake, otherwise known as Pouding Chômeur, was born of the Great Depression-yet it is decidedly rich.
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Комментарии • 269

  • @pragmatica1032
    @pragmatica1032 7 месяцев назад +308

    As a Québécois, this is to me the deluxe and modern version of the Pouding au Chômeur. My mother used to make this with brown-sugar and water (instead of maple syrup) and shortening (Crisco) instead of butter. We also were pouring the batter on top of the syrup. All that to say that you can make this with what you have at hand, do not over complicated it. This is a dessert for literally invented by and for modest / poor people after all.

    • @cecileroy557
      @cecileroy557 7 месяцев назад +7

      Thank you!!!

    • @13Voodoobilly69
      @13Voodoobilly69 7 месяцев назад +8

      Great comment. It makes me rethink this to many different versions.

    • @ME2K23
      @ME2K23 7 месяцев назад +4

      I also know the method you described, which is the one we always use (sirup 1st in the pan) it seems to create a thicker layer of that sOOo tasty cake-sirup mix vs the video version 👍😊👍

    • @flargus7919
      @flargus7919 7 месяцев назад +6

      Sounds a lot like how my late grand-mère made pouding chômeur. She wouldn't make pouding chômeur often, but it was always a treat.

    • @wotan10950
      @wotan10950 7 месяцев назад +3

      I think you answered a question I was pondering: maple syrup is very expensive; can supermarket pancake syrup be substituted? Of course it won’t have the intense flavor of maple syrup.

  • @nathalieplum2137
    @nathalieplum2137 7 месяцев назад +58

    I was raised on this! Merci beaucoup! But I don't think my mother and grandmothers were ever that precise with the measuring doing their pouding chômeur . It was also often done with brown sugar diluted with water instead of maple syrup.😉

  • @Lea-zf7lm
    @Lea-zf7lm 7 месяцев назад +26

    There are as many recipes for pouding chôneur as there are families in Québec. I grew up eating pouding chômeur, and though I rarely eat it these days, the dark days of January/February seem to be the perfect time of year to make it. Comfort food indeed!

  • @Jayteeef
    @Jayteeef 7 месяцев назад +59

    My partner is from the french part of New Brunswick and we have this every Christmas. His mother used to make this with brown sugar (cheaper) but when made with maple syrup, and topped with vanilla bean ice cream, it's the bomb!!

  • @FBall-im8ui
    @FBall-im8ui 7 месяцев назад +21

    I miss my home! I ate this as a child in the 50's and 60's back in Montreal, this has brought back so many memories. Thanks

  • @arakwar
    @arakwar 6 месяцев назад +38

    One thing often misunderstood by people : Quebec in the great depression was still in majority an agricultural society. Montreal still had vast amount of land dedicated to agriculture. Everyone had or knew someone with a farm. Access to milk, cream, and maple syrup was easy. As in "you eat bread, milk, and maple syrup because it's the cheaper option".
    That explains the pouding chomeur recipe ;-)

    • @mireillelanglois6947
      @mireillelanglois6947 6 месяцев назад +1

      Vous avez raison , mon père a été élevé sur une ferme…. à Québec!

  • @compncv
    @compncv 7 месяцев назад +84

    I’m in Montréal and am delighted you are highlighting this favourite dessert. Much attention in on poutine (which is a decadent comfort dish in itself); but, pouding chômeur is also awesome. Thank you for the correct pronunciation. Love your channel.

  • @iahorvath
    @iahorvath 7 месяцев назад +32

    I live in Quebec and grew up in the French Canadian community. I approve this version. It looks luscious.

  • @jarrodwb8422
    @jarrodwb8422 7 месяцев назад +42

    What a treat! I so appreciate that your team always makes a point to share some of the history of these dishes with us! Thank you for your hard work! 😊

  • @seycas118
    @seycas118 7 месяцев назад +16

    I used to eat this when I lived in Montreal in the 70s and 80s ... and have missed eating this ever since. So excited to get this recipe and make the pudding chomeur for myself .... thank you for showing us the step by step method to do it. Will definitely be making this and come back to write how it came out ....💕👍🙏

  • @squirrelswithpearls
    @squirrelswithpearls 7 месяцев назад +14

    In southern Louisiana we grow tons of sugar cane so we make Gateau de Sirop (syrup cake) - so good!

  • @zanefraser5560
    @zanefraser5560 6 месяцев назад +8

    I am from Nova Scotia, with English/Scottish ancestry, and my mom has made this since I was a kid. My grandmother was from a Newfoundland outport, and she made it. Always a brown sugar sauce, as maple syrup was way too expensive (as a kid) and raisins in the batter. They both called it 30 minute pudding, but basically the same thing. Love it.

  • @pleblond9372
    @pleblond9372 7 месяцев назад +14

    As a Quebecker living on a Maple Farm that dark brown syrup is the crap we sell to people who don't know what good syrup is. Make with light amber syrup for a better balance and a much better maple flavour, although more subtle.

    • @dianehand1396
      @dianehand1396 6 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much! I love maple but have hesitated as to which grade to purchase. I will try again.

    • @elizabethheyenga9277
      @elizabethheyenga9277 6 месяцев назад

      I know that and I am not from maple country! My son lives in Montreal and wants me to move there. I'm game but my health isnt

    • @Jojo-im4jo
      @Jojo-im4jo 6 месяцев назад +5

      Dark maple syrup is delicious in my opinion- far from “crap” like you say! From another Quebecer😜

    • @tanwera
      @tanwera 3 месяца назад +1

      You are absolutely correct, but don't let the secret out. Let others buy the dark stuff and leave the good syrup for us.

  • @jean-francoisdaignault9612
    @jean-francoisdaignault9612 7 месяцев назад +19

    This is the ATK deluxe version of the kind of “unemployed pudding” I grew up on here in Québec. It looks delectable, but my grandma would not have used eggs in the batter, and just water and brown sugar for the sauce.
    But I truly appreciate that it’s being featured on one of my favourite cooking shows, and that you spelled and pronounced Québec correctly, and all the testing you’ve done to make this delicious sounding version. I will definitely try it out during the holidays. Merci beaucoup!!!

  • @EmptyGlass99
    @EmptyGlass99 6 месяцев назад +1

    I love American recipes - sticks, cups, spoons, ounces, Fahrenheit - so easy to follow....

  • @charlesmnadeau
    @charlesmnadeau 7 месяцев назад +18

    Fabulous. The original recipe used maple sugar (rather than brown sugar) - maple sugar was abundant and local. All ingredients were readily available throughout the year in Québec and inexpensive.

  • @frankpeter6851
    @frankpeter6851 7 месяцев назад +4

    Everything in Quebec is special

  • @mparant5965
    @mparant5965 7 месяцев назад +4

    Nice pronunciation! Thank you so much for making the effort. So rare!❤

  • @peggypung996
    @peggypung996 7 месяцев назад +44

    My mother made this for us growing up. She used brown sugar and water and dropped dumplings in the syrup. It was such a treat

    • @daniellel256
      @daniellel256 7 месяцев назад +4

      I’ve have the same, great memories

    • @MrTimsfilms
      @MrTimsfilms 7 месяцев назад

      Never heard of this dumpling version, sounds delicious.

    • @TheRoxanne151
      @TheRoxanne151 6 месяцев назад +2

      What you are referring to is "Grand-père dans le sirop". It is a similar but different desert.

  • @dkatzism
    @dkatzism 7 месяцев назад +32

    What a treat. We'd love to learn more about Quebec cuisine, Canadian cuisine in general, and desserts that invert when you bake them!

    • @daniellel256
      @daniellel256 7 месяцев назад +5

      Scotcherons, la tarte au sucre, tourtière, boule aux chocolat, caramel à l’érable, crème de chou, domino , Nanaimo bars, etc so many great memories

    • @nathalie_desrosiers
      @nathalie_desrosiers 7 месяцев назад +4

      And the beaver tail.

    • @flargus7919
      @flargus7919 7 месяцев назад +3

      Peameal pork roast and butter tarts.

    • @karineliboiron2886
      @karineliboiron2886 6 месяцев назад +2

      Look up recipes for: "Ragoût de boulettes et de pattes de cochons" and "Creton"

    • @daniellel256
      @daniellel256 6 месяцев назад

      @@karineliboiron2886 love creton!! One of the first things I get when I go back and visit

  • @sprak404
    @sprak404 6 месяцев назад +3

    This was delicious. Made it exactly as written. The only thing i was missing was the creme fraische. Wish I had some but it was delicious with unsweetened whipped cream!

  • @mddell58
    @mddell58 7 месяцев назад +5

    Yes! 'Healthy serving.'
    😅 👍🏻
    THAT first bite that
    Bridget took looked SO, SO good! ❤
    Great recipe, Keith!

  • @Sbannmarie
    @Sbannmarie 7 месяцев назад +17

    Lived in Canada 🇨🇦 back in the day on a farm where we had trees, a maple tap and a sugar shack where we boiled down the sap to make syrup. Those were the days!

    • @cecileroy557
      @cecileroy557 7 месяцев назад +1

      I used to make this at our Sugaring House when we had a farm not far from Quebec City!

    • @Sbannmarie
      @Sbannmarie 6 месяцев назад +1

      Cool. I lived in a town called COmbermere in Ontario. @@cecileroy557

  • @Pangdoodoo
    @Pangdoodoo 7 месяцев назад +7

    Never heard of this cake before but love love love maple syrup ! Gotta give this one a try. Thank you ATK. P.s. Keith is such a good teacher and Bridget is wonderful presenter

  • @user-nz6xm8rx3p
    @user-nz6xm8rx3p 7 месяцев назад +3

    My grandmother made something very similar back in the 40s/50s but she steamed it in a basin and there was no maple syrup in England at that time, so she used Tate & Lyle golden syrup, but it was delicious all the same, especially with the many food shortages at that time after the war.

    • @dianehand1396
      @dianehand1396 6 месяцев назад

      May I ask what golden syrup tastes like?

  • @mabauman
    @mabauman 6 месяцев назад +1

    I made it last night and it was amazing! Super easy and so full of flavor. Thanks for the recipe!

  • @JacobIL83
    @JacobIL83 6 месяцев назад +1

    Hello from Montreal, Quebec.
    Love this dessert! 🍮❤️

  • @josianedalcourt6700
    @josianedalcourt6700 6 месяцев назад

    what beautiful memories this cake brings me: my mother used to make this pudding chimer all the time! I am from Montreal! OH! I forgot how good this cake is...soooo sooo sweet.... thank you for your wonderful version!

  • @gothmamasylvia462
    @gothmamasylvia462 7 месяцев назад +4

    I am drooling over that cake!

  • @kimmaedke2763
    @kimmaedke2763 6 месяцев назад +1

    Oh my God, this looks heavenly!

  • @susanvp4685
    @susanvp4685 7 месяцев назад +5

    Best video/recipe for Pudding Chomeur! Thanks!

  • @LannyHull-gb9sn
    @LannyHull-gb9sn 3 месяца назад +1

    My mother made something very similar with apples on the bottom - so good!!!!

  • @cecileroy557
    @cecileroy557 7 месяцев назад +8

    I used to use a recipe from the magazine Chatelaine for Pouding Chomeur which called for both maple syrup and brown sugar. It was delicious - but I lost the recipe..... (In Quebec this is called "Pouding chômeur"... no "au".) 😉

  • @robertboudreau5956
    @robertboudreau5956 7 месяцев назад +5

    I’m from Montreal. I can tell you this is very good!

  • @werthmelissa
    @werthmelissa 7 месяцев назад +2

    As a Canadian, I'm flattered by this! Will give it a try!

  • @cornishpasty4344
    @cornishpasty4344 7 месяцев назад +2

    The spoon trick is what I used to make a real irish coffee in my hotel days!

  • @khanindustries
    @khanindustries 4 месяца назад

    This was incredible!

  • @nolancramer1198
    @nolancramer1198 6 месяцев назад

    Amazing video guys! Thank you!

  • @kimberlee2469
    @kimberlee2469 6 месяцев назад

    He is very good at explaining the recipe. I can't wait to try this!

  • @Paperbutton9
    @Paperbutton9 7 месяцев назад +4

    just me or is Bridget crushing on this guy

  • @deehill6266
    @deehill6266 Месяц назад

    Thanks for the tips

  • @isabelleblain6263
    @isabelleblain6263 7 месяцев назад +1

    So good! My Mom and grandmothers made this dessert all the time, but with brown sugar and water instead of cream and maple syrup. My paternal grand mother also added shredded coconut to the batter for an additional flavour and texture.

    • @garrettdouglass4549
      @garrettdouglass4549 7 месяцев назад

      Coconut sounds great, really inventive. I think I’m going to try coconut cream instead of dairy cream in with the maple syrup. Wish me luck.

  • @katetrabue
    @katetrabue 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks for a great recipe! Now I am liking for more pudding cake recipes.

  • @LIONTAMER3D
    @LIONTAMER3D 6 месяцев назад

    Canadian maple syrup is heavenly & worth every penny of its price; it's not cheap.

  • @sharpcookie791
    @sharpcookie791 6 месяцев назад

    I have made this many times, it’s one of my favorite desserts. Protip: adding a shot of bourbon or Irish whiskey to the cream/syrup sauce takes this to the next level. Sometimes I put berries in the batter as well.

  • @BakingCorner-ce4yq
    @BakingCorner-ce4yq 7 месяцев назад

    Best video/recipe for pudding Chomeur! Thanks!

  • @wendywilkinson
    @wendywilkinson 6 месяцев назад +2

    I can’t wait to try this, this is very similar to the self-saucing puddings we make here in Australia 😊

    • @matirwin4774
      @matirwin4774 6 месяцев назад

      Exactly! I reckon golden syrup would work just as well as maple syrup.

  • @jeremiel3821
    @jeremiel3821 6 месяцев назад

    I'll make this during the Holidays!

  • @tomasgulas
    @tomasgulas 7 месяцев назад +1

    Jeff John did the recipe few years ago. I made it and it was delicious. Will make again, thanks for reminding me of this recipe!

  • @thedeadalgorithmmusicchann1994
    @thedeadalgorithmmusicchann1994 7 месяцев назад

    Wow, that looks amazing!

  • @alex0589
    @alex0589 7 месяцев назад

    being from Montreal, i had this many time when i was younger, i didn't realise i miss this until now

  • @barbarac8422
    @barbarac8422 7 месяцев назад +7

    Okay, I HAVE to try this! 🤤❤

  • @hdufort
    @hdufort 6 месяцев назад +2

    Maple syrup is still not too expensive today, 8$/pound in season. Since you can replenish your stocks during maple season (Spring), and keep the cans for months or even years, you can cook this dessert any time you want.

    • @dianehand1396
      @dianehand1396 6 месяцев назад +1

      Wow! It is $10-25 here for a very small bottle.

    • @hdufort
      @hdufort 6 месяцев назад

      @@dianehand1396 Sorry I wrote "gallon" but I meant "pound". Still less expensive in Québec, Ontario and New Brunswick than anywhere else in the world (even Vermont), I think.

  • @charlenemack7040
    @charlenemack7040 7 месяцев назад +8

    Sometimes I watch your videos just because all the guys are so handsome!😊❤❤❤

  • @CaravelClerihew
    @CaravelClerihew 6 месяцев назад +1

    It reminds me of a classic in our household, a chocolate self-saucing pudding. Pretty much the exact same concept except with more cocoa powder and less maple syrup.

  • @simonledoux8519
    @simonledoux8519 6 месяцев назад

    This makes me homesick for Quebec!

  • @lisayerace6117
    @lisayerace6117 7 месяцев назад

    Nice one, Keith! Yum!

  • @LinkRocks
    @LinkRocks 7 месяцев назад +2

    I always enjoy a Keith recipe. This looks amazing. I'll have to try it.

    • @sandrah7512
      @sandrah7512 7 месяцев назад +1

      Keith's great, but this recipe was developed for Cook's Illustrated (and ATK) by his former colleague Andrew Janjigian.

  • @husnidawood7130
    @husnidawood7130 6 месяцев назад

    I appreciate it very much thank you very much for your kind

  • @r.gordontrueblood3188
    @r.gordontrueblood3188 6 месяцев назад

    I don't need more calories this Christmas season, but I definitely need to try this recipe...and will. Maple syrup goes so well with many things....including Salmon.

  • @patriciawalz7022
    @patriciawalz7022 7 месяцев назад +2

    I just had this in quebec, it was soo good

    • @garrettdouglass4549
      @garrettdouglass4549 7 месяцев назад +1

      The last time I was in Canada, I literally ate my way through Quebec. This California boy loves everything quebecois!

  • @rickwallace2091
    @rickwallace2091 7 месяцев назад +2

    Nice to see Keith back

  • @CornbreadOracle
    @CornbreadOracle 7 месяцев назад +1

    This reminds me of a lazy peach cobbler; I never thought about why it does this, but viscosity makes sense.

  • @joenroute9646
    @joenroute9646 11 дней назад

    Great recipe

  • @grovermartin6874
    @grovermartin6874 7 месяцев назад +2

    That looks SOOO good! But I would need a nap after partaking of that while my blood sugar crashes...

  • @christineweber9422
    @christineweber9422 6 месяцев назад

    It looks like our family ''unemployed pudding'' (pouding chômeur). We come from the agricultural sector. We mix cream, maple syrup and brown sugar. The cake is the same, we always make it with butter like the people on the farm. We do what we want with the ingredients we prefer. As my little boy said for this pudding: The best is the unemployed below !! :-))

  • @lroche2164
    @lroche2164 7 месяцев назад +6

    Fantastic! Next do an authentic Québec Tourtier

    • @Ogilla
      @Ogilla 7 месяцев назад +7

      Tourtière*

    • @lroche2164
      @lroche2164 7 месяцев назад

      @@Ogilla Humblest apologies. Don’t try to leave a message from your phone. LOL

    • @sandrah7512
      @sandrah7512 7 месяцев назад

      They published a Tourtière recipe a decade ago.

  • @travisbalthasar9544
    @travisbalthasar9544 7 месяцев назад

    Love it!

  • @bobbydigital70
    @bobbydigital70 7 месяцев назад +3

    Let me be the first to post and say thank you. Exactly what Sunday morning ordered. 😊

  • @Nails_By_Kimberlee
    @Nails_By_Kimberlee 7 месяцев назад

    Mmmmmm, I am *soooooo* making this this week 😋 🤤

  • @MatthiaGryffine
    @MatthiaGryffine 6 месяцев назад

    Merci beaucoup :)

  • @ericinla65
    @ericinla65 7 месяцев назад +2

    IS IT ME - She always looks at HIM like she wants to eat HIM up.

  • @Defense_air
    @Defense_air 7 месяцев назад

    Very delicious

  • @claudebeaudry4111
    @claudebeaudry4111 7 месяцев назад +9

    Aww it's fun to watch this video of an unassuming dessert that I grew up with!

  • @cyberclaude
    @cyberclaude 6 месяцев назад

    I made recipe a lot of time, I generaly don't invert the pouding au chomeur upon serving my only client (myself) Instead i put a swat of whipped cream on top With a generous amount of maple sugar. Maple sugar is ground as a sprinkable product. I live in an agricultural area south of Montreal. If i take a walk from my home ten minutes south east, I am surrendered by sugar shacks. I don't buy my maple syrup from the store, i buy it from my friends who produce it, very high quality when you buy close to the source of production.

  • @lateve6243
    @lateve6243 7 месяцев назад +3

    Butter, cream and maple syrup is the farmhouse version. City folks didn't have cows or land with maples to tap, hence the brown sugar and shortening version. In the countryside maple syrup was cheaper than sugar, you just had to do the time consuming work to get it.

  • @JimmiAlli
    @JimmiAlli 6 месяцев назад

    I love maple syrup.

  • @lawerencebacon2036
    @lawerencebacon2036 7 месяцев назад +1

    That cake looks like a good breakfast cake

  • @elizabethheyenga9277
    @elizabethheyenga9277 6 месяцев назад +1

    tt's just me but I have to make it and don't want to mess with halving it. I think if it absorbs and I reheat, it has to be yummy still!!!

  • @pixelrancher
    @pixelrancher 7 месяцев назад +1

    This is home for me.

  • @jasonmims5057
    @jasonmims5057 7 месяцев назад

    I've made this. It tastes like a giant pancake with syrup

  • @163andyc
    @163andyc 6 месяцев назад +1

    Sounds like syrup or treacle sponge pudding in the UK. It's great with custard.

  • @davidwiner8571
    @davidwiner8571 7 месяцев назад +1

    Mmmmmmmmm looks do delicious 😋 😍 😜 😉

  • @danpost4755
    @danpost4755 7 месяцев назад +1

    Yum!

  • @UndrState
    @UndrState 7 месяцев назад +2

    Tabarack c'est bon !

  • @mjmartinejohn
    @mjmartinejohn 3 месяца назад

    Poor man’s pudding. Ate it growing up in BC. Yum

  • @j.b.4340
    @j.b.4340 6 месяцев назад

    ✋🏻We left Quebec, long ago, taking only our name, so I don’t know about this pouding chomeur. WILL TRY.

  • @robinsings
    @robinsings 7 месяцев назад

    Hmmm ? Perhaps I shall make this...

  • @Jacksirrom
    @Jacksirrom 6 месяцев назад +1

    7:47 lol

  • @jasonprice9823
    @jasonprice9823 6 месяцев назад

    We still have it a few times a year.

  • @AllanPaulJussaume
    @AllanPaulJussaume 7 месяцев назад +1

    I’m curious as to how this would taste if I used lightly browned butter versus melted butter?

  • @wolf-yw9wk
    @wolf-yw9wk 6 месяцев назад +1

    is there a grams by weight version of the cake?

  • @katydidiy
    @katydidiy 7 месяцев назад +2

    Oh my goodness!

  • @redoorn
    @redoorn 7 месяцев назад

    7:49
    Yes, Bridget you are.

  • @fluffyscruffy
    @fluffyscruffy 7 месяцев назад +1

    7:51 cheeky

  • @wreckoningday
    @wreckoningday 6 месяцев назад

    This is a rich mans pudding today. That maple syrup is expensive but this looks really good.

  • @chrisbuckley1785
    @chrisbuckley1785 6 месяцев назад

    he's a magic man, Mama, ah
    He's a magic man

  • @gabrielp.5243
    @gabrielp.5243 7 месяцев назад

    It's even better with little fruits like raspberries or bluberries around the plate !

  • @mayonnaiseeee
    @mayonnaiseeee 7 месяцев назад

    7:50 lmao Bridget

  • @jasenmorin4936
    @jasenmorin4936 6 месяцев назад

    If you're feeling lazy french vanilla Duncan Hines cake (reduce liquid) with cream\maple mix on top.