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Crepe Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups of milk
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup of flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of heavy cream
- 6 oz of dark chocolate
Directions
Step 1 - Making the Crepes:
Please refer to the Crepes recipe - Double the ingredients to make enough crepes for this cake.
Step 2 - Making the Vanilla Pastry Cream:
1- Heat the milk to a boiling point.
2- Whisk the egg yolks, ett, and sugar until you get a smooth texture. Incorporate the flour, little by little, until it is fully mixed with the egg mixture.
3- Once the milk is heated, whisk 1/2 cup of the milk into the egg mixture to temper the eggs yolks.
4- Pour the egg mixture in the pan and mix it well with the milk. Place the mixture on medium heat and continue whisking until you get a thick cream.
5- Once the cream is thick, remove from the heat, and whisk in the butter and vanilla extract.
6- Place the cream in a bowl, and press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface (to avoid the creation of a crust). Place the cream in the fridge and let it cool down completely.Step 3 - Making the Chocolate Ganache:
1- Bring the cream to a boiling point.
2- Place the chocolate in a bowl, and pour the hot cream over the chocolate. Let it stand for 1 minute.
3- Mix the cream and chocolate together. Place the ganache in the fridge and let it cool down completely.Step 4 - Assembling the Cake:
1- Place a crepe on a rack and evenly spread the pastry cream on it. Cover the first crepe with another crepe, then spread the pastry cream (or another filling). Keep doing so until you place the last crepe at the top.
2- Pour the chocolate ganache on the top crepe and distribute evenly around the cake.
3- Place the cake in the fridge for 2 hours before serving.Serving: Decorate with powdered sugar or chocolate shavings. Enjoy!
Comments (9)
Hi Alia,
how big is the pan size/cake size? which kind of heavy cream we should use? is the heavy cream means half half milk?
thanks.
My friend and I made this today and it wasn't really worth the effort or money! First, you have to make the crepes, make the vanilla cream, and then make chocolate ganache . The cream and chocolate are placed in between the layers. it sounds great but the crepes end up being all different sizes so when one stacks them it looks ugly. We used jello cook and serve vanilla pudding instead of the vanilla cream. i am glad we did that...i think it would have been too heavy with the extra eggs and such of the vanilla cream as written. we only did four layers, which is not really a cake, and even that was too filling. i think with 8 layers as shown it would have been just like eating a giant stack of pancakes. The crepes themselves were good; i will use the crepe recipe in the future and put strawberries and nutella in it, but NOT AS A CAKE!
Can I make and freeze the crepes in advance so I can make the cake later?
yes, you can freeze the crepes - of course they wont be as good as if they were fresh, but just wrap them well (individually with wax paper in between each one) and cover with a plastic bat then foil for freezing.
super recepe ilike
me too I like it !
Thxxx Alia !! This recipe is AMAZING ! But Alia, how can I change the language to french ?
here is a video that shows how to use "google translate" to translate my recipes into any language: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpglLlmf9cs
ok thank u so much Alia !!