A slice of cherry custard cake on a plate with visible dark cherries.

Clafoutis

France · Europe

Short description
This rustic baked dessert surrounds fruit with a tender, custard-like batter.
Ingredients
Fruit is baked in an eggy batter until the dessert sets like a soft custard cake.
Cultural note
It is associated with regional home baking and is traditionally linked to cherries, though other fruit versions exist.
Common misconception
When made with other fruit, some traditions use another name; the cherry version is the classic reference point.

image credit

Clafoutis cerises.jpg

creator:
Popo le Chien
license:
CC BY-SA 4.0
modified:
Downloaded from Commons and resized for Gochizu review; no content edits.

audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.