Basque Tables

dish

Gâteau basque

euskal pastela

Two discs of short pastry around pastry cream or black-cherry jam, baked in a tin and often scored with a lauburu.

Gateau basque with Lauburu (basque cross).
Gateau basque with Lauburu (basque cross).
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Note

It belongs to Lapurdi and the French side. American Basque rooms mostly end dinner with ice cream or a bread pudding instead.

Pictures

Cake of the basque country, with decorations made with sugar powder in shape of basque crosses (lauburu). In the restaurant "Hostellerie du chateau" in Mauléon-Licharre (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).
Cake of the basque country, with decorations made with sugar powder in shape of basque crosses (lauburu). In the restaurant "Hostellerie du chateau" in Mauléon-
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Gâteau basque
Gâteau basque
Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Gâteau basque à la cerise noire
Gâteau basque à la cerise noire
Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons

Kin

Basque cupboard with lauburu (=basque cross), (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France).Lauburuwordscored into the top of it← scored on its lidA 2011 dinner menu for Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield, CaliforniaThe set dinnerdishthe course this would be, on the other side of the ocean
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  • which room in this directory serves it, from that house's own menu

Sources

Record provenance: tradition · confidence medium · updated 2026-09-16