Who doesn't love a delicious cake? With or without an occasion, you can make a Napoleon cake yourself, with just a few simple ingredients. Try our recipes!
The classic Napoleon cake can be made with puff pastry and cream, but there are also some delicious variations with berries and mascarpone that you can try this fall.
Try the classic Napoleon cake recipe. The ingredients are simple and the cake is delicious!
Products required for 12 servings:
- 1 pack of puff pastry
- 800 ml fresh milk
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 125 g Butter
- 3 Owner
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 4 vanilla beans
Preparation:
- Let the puff pastry rest. Measure the bottom of a mold with dividers and lay two layers, pricking in several places with a fork. Bake until golden.
- After baking, while still warm, divide in half. The leftover dough is also baked until golden and then used to decorate the cake.
- Place 600 ml milk, butter, sugar and vanilla in a suitable saucepan on the stove. Stir until it boils. In another bowl, whisk together 200 ml of fresh milk, 3 eggs and 4 tablespoons of sifted flour. Beat with a mixer until smooth. Then pour the egg mixture into the boiling milk, stirring constantly, and cook the cream until it thickens.
- When the cream is ready, let it cool down a little.
- Take the mold with the sides separated and place the first layer inside. Spread generously with cream. Then the next layer and cream again, alternating until the end.
- As soon as the cake is ready, crumble the remaining puff pastry, which was previously baked until golden, on top for decoration. Wrap the cake in cling film and cool in the fridge. At least 4-5 hours. The cake is very delicate, so it is better to prepare it in a mold with detachable sides.
Try a variation with berries
The Napoleon cake can also be prepared with berries and it tastes excellent. Here is the prescription.
Ingredients:
- 1 pack of puff pastry
- 1 piece of vanilla pudding
- 500 ml fresh milk
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 250 ml whipped cream
- 30 g Butter
- 200g fresh berries or frozen mix
- 100g sugar
- 35 ml water
- 1 teaspoon gelatin
How you do thatPrepare cake:
- Cut the puff pastry into four rectangular pieces and bake on baking paper at 200 °C for about 15 minutes until golden. The fourth sheet of dough is made into crumbs to coat the sides.
- The custard is cooked with the milk and the four tablespoons of sugar until it thickens, then the butter is added. Allow to cool.
- Let the cream cool in the refrigerator and beat until stiff, set some aside for decoration and mix the rest with the pudding.
- Puree the fruit and cook with the sugar on the stove for 5-10 minutes, then allow to cool slightly. Then add the dissolved and melted gelatine. Stir well and let cool slightly.
- Layer the puff pastry, cream and pudding in a suitable form and spread the sides with the cream.
- Then cover the cake with the crumbs of the broken puff pastry. With a syringe you can draw a layer of cream along the edge.
- Pour the fruit jelly into the middle. The Napoleon cake with berries is placed in the refrigerator for 1 night. Enjoy this delicious oneCake with berriesand cream this fall!
Napoleon cake with mascarpone
Try the recipe with mascarpone, it is perfect for a homemade Napoleon cake.
Ingredients for the dough:
- 5 1/2 teaspoons flour
- 200 g Butter
- 1 No
- 200 ml ice water
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Ingredients for the cream:
- 500 g Mascarpone
- 3/4 teaspoon powdered sugar
- 1 packet vanilla
to decorate:
Raspberries, strawberries, blueberries
Preparation:
- First, whisk eggs, water, vinegar and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Add the flour and butter to the mixer and process into fine crumbs.
- In a large bowl, knead the crumbs and liquid ingredients into a dough. Divide the dough into 8 equal balls and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Roll each portion of the chilled dough into a 1/4-inch-thick crust. Cut out a circle with a diameter of 18 cm, freeze in the freezer for 5 minutes and bake in a preheated oven at 190 degrees until golden brown (approx. 10-12 minutes).
- Allow the finished, baked layers to cool completely. In the meantime prepare the cream. Proceed as follows: Beat the mascarpone, vanilla and sugar with the mixer at low speed and place the prepared cream in the refrigerator to cool.
- Assemble the cake by first breaking 2 of the layers into large crumbs. Divide the cream into 6 equal parts and layer alternately with the baked dough and the cream, adding thinly sliced strawberries and raspberries in between.
- Then cover the cake and decorate with the chopped crumbs and fruit as desired.
- Place the finished cake in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours.
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