Today it is Belgium that is in the spotlight with its famous butter couques.

We have just launched a range of 4 butter cakes available in 2 recipes:

🥐A plain butter cake

🥐A buttery couque with the inclusion of soft and sweet raisins

These 2 recipes of couques with a melting and crunchy texture and a well-developed flaky texture are available in CRU and Ready-to-Work versions.

🥐40944 Plain couque CRU 80g

🥐40942 Plain PAC 75g

🥐40961 Grape Couque CRU 85g

🥐40943 Grape Neck PAC 85g

For the little story
The couques were created for the 1910 World Fair in Belgium. At that time the city of Antwerp was known as the diamond capital of the world for centuries. Thus, bakers in Brussels were inspired by the shape of diamonds to create a new pastry, the Couque au beurre.