Napoleon cake is probably one of my most favorite childhood memories. Both of my grandmas used to make it for holidays when I was a kid and oh boy was it delicious. Especially on the New Year's day with some fragrant black tea that has a lemon wedge in it. I don't think you could go even more Russian than that haha.
Anyways, every year I make a Napoleon cake for my husband @matt-a too, not for New Year's though, but for his birthday. There so many recipes online, some of them are very complicated, some of them are simple, especially the ones that suggest you buy puff pasty for it, I however will share my go to recipe, it is easy even though you will have to cook from scratch.
Ingredients for the puff pastry:
- 450 g flour;
- 200 g butter;
- 1 egg;
- 150 ml ice cold filtered water;
- a pinch of salt;
- 1 table spoon rice or white wine vinegar.
Ingredients for the custard filling:
- 500 ml milk;
- 50 g butter;
- 150 g sugar;
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract;
- 2 table spoons flour;
- 2 eggs.
Directions:
To make the dough, sift in the flour into a medium bowl, grate in butter. In a separate bowl beat the egg, add the water, salt and vinegar, mix well and pour into the butter and flour mix, make the dough and divide it into 8-10 parts, let it chill in the fridge for 2-4 hours. Roll out the separate parts of the dough and bake the cake layers at 200C or 400F for about 5-8 minutes each.
To prepare the filling you're going to need to bring milk to a boil in a medium saucepan. In a separate bowl mix the eggs, flour, sugar and vanilla extract, pour the mixture into the milk, cook and stir until it gets thick at a low heat, mix in the butter, let it cool down and layer the cake with the custard.
Let the cake stay in the fridge overnight, serve the next day.
Also, sorry for not being around here lately, I was (and still am a little) very hooked on this video game I've been playing for like almost a month now, the good news is that I beat the main story, so I shall be posting more often :D.
O wow, it looks so yummyyyy.
I don't have to wait for any festival or special day to eat this cake.
I am happy and willing to eat it anyday anywhere anytime 😉
Haha, thank you!
you really are an expert in this all the best
Thanks.
Ahhhhhhhhh I want some please
Sure do wish I could share :D
no worries will bake myself one-but yours would be tastier am sure
That looks beautiful and tasty!
I was wondering if you were playing MHW all this time since you weren't here.
Yup, got hooked big time haha couldn't take a break until I beat the story.
Thank you very much!
no worries will bake myself one-but yours would be tastier am sure
yeah, napoleon is the best sweet dream from the chilhood!
Agreed! :)
Very fantastic and unique cake... easy to make and hope it will be very tasty to eat it very nicely presented.... @kotturinn I missed your lot of posts because I was too busy in my new project... Hope you and matt will be in good health with your 3 cats...
Thank you very much! Yeah, I have been playing a lot of the video games here recently! Haha
Hope you have a great week ahead!
I would rather have that than any store bought chemicaly preserved cake for my birthday. Your husband Matt is very lucky ♧ to get a homemade birthday cake like that. It looks very good !!!
Thank you Joey! Yeah, I make this very cake every year for his birthday and it is the only time I make it haha.
You should stop by next year and get a slice :D
Wow, that looks great. The presentation of it looks pretty cute as well!
Also, if it's Matt's Birthday, tell him I say happy birthday! (Unless these pictures are from a past birthday cake, in that case nevermind, lol.)
Thank you!
Yeah, it is already passed, but he can still get a belated happy birthday message :)
Ah, well please pass it on then :)
Is the game you've been playing Monster Hunter World, by the way? I think I remember him telling me that you were playing that a lot, haha.
Sure will :)
Yup, that is the game, it is a lot of fun, I didn't expect myself to like it that much haha
I'm more of a pie person...but that looks delicious. Funny it's been the opposite for me, I've spent no time with my xbox and all my time on steemit. Silly crypto thingy. :)
I understand that :) I usually spend my whole time on Steemit, but when I get into a game I like I cannot stop playing, besides it is healthy to take a break and kick back every now and then to not get burned out. I feel refreshed now haha
Which game?
Oh I've been playing Monster Hunter World, it is a lot of fun to play with friends and I am not really an RPG person either, but I got pretty into it haha
That looks like fun!
Dear @kotturinn, Todays Topic "Napoleon Cake"
I am excited beyond words to share with you this recipe, because it truly makes the best Napoleon Cake ever! This recipe was gotten from here, but originally my friend Inna shared it with me on Facebook, for which I am grateful, thank you Inna! This Napoleon cake comes out soft, moist and delicious! No more buying puff pastry for this cake, because you can now make it yourself at home.
I think the secret to delicious and moist Napoleon is mainly letting it sit in the fridge or at room temperature until the cake layers have absorbed enough of the frosting to make them soft and moist. Having very thin cake layers helps the cake get there faster. Being too impatient and cutting into the Napoleon cake too early is why all those other Napoleon recipes did not work. I always allowed the cake to sit in the fridge for 24 hours, but that just wasn’t enough.
This time around I let it sit covered, at room temperature for 18 hours and then another 9 hours in the fridge before I let the knife touch it (if you do decide to keep it at room temperature, do it at own risk, as the frosting has eggs in it and can spoil if your room is too hot). I think allowing it to sit for 48 hours might’ve been even better.
If you look at my pictures closely, you will see that the frosting is not as smooth as it is supposed to be, and you’re right. For some reason, even though my custard and the butter were all room temperature before I combined them, the butter did not fully incorporate in the cream. Next time, instead of combining the two after the custard cooled down, I will just add the butter while the cream is hot.
Fortunately it had no effect on the taste of the Napoleon and that is why I decided to go ahead and still post the recipe with pictures of my imperfect frosting.
The YouTube video from the gotovim-doma.com website had the ‘embed’ feature, so I included it in my post for you to see right here.
In addition to that, I made some changes to the amount of sugar included in the cream for the Napoleon. After I allowed the cream to cool, I tried it and to my taste it was just not sweet enough. I knew that the whole cake would be even less sweet after the custard gets combined with completely unsweet cake layers, so I took the liberty and added full 1.5 cups powdered sugar to the recipe.
Thank you for the tips and the thoughtful comment :)
класс! и фотки, как всегда...)
Спасибо большое :)
A wonderful cake! I really like it!
Thanks!
It looks very delicious
:))
Thanks!
It’s really very new to me.... looks so delicious....and thanks for sharing recipe... I am food lover ... I will try it.
Hopefully you like it, thanks!
Awasome photography.....i think may be Napoleon cake everybody's childhood memory.....Napoleon cake is very nice tasty cake......
It is indeed, thank you :D
Looks great. I envy those who managed to eat it haha
Thanks! Well, you can always make it yourself it is quite easy :D
Yes it's a bit easy, I'm starting in a pastry school and I hope to learn how to make those kinds of cakes soon to meet my needs. Hahaha
Sounds good, hopefully they are delicious and pretty!
I hope so! : D
Just beautiful!
Thank you :)
There are divisions between a culinary chef and a dessert chef, also called a pastry chef. There are specializations within the pastry chef field. Some pastry chefs specialize in baking breads, while others are master cake designers. Each field requires an exceptional level of creativity and attention to detail.
You got any more quotes from Google?
Yumi! 😀😀 I think to need more patient and time for resulting the cake like you make. Nice post!
You can do it, thank you!
Now that is made with awesomeness this is really great to see :D
Thanks, lady!
Wow,,,, delicious food recipes...... Yummy
Thanks!
О да, Наполеон! Кто не пек его в наших семьях))) самый вкусный торт, скажу я вам) мне он нравится тем, что он не слишком сладкий, потому что я сладкое не люблю)). И как всегда очень оригинальная подача! браво).
Благодарю! Тоже очень люблю наполеон, но очень редко готовлю хаха
Great to see your Delicious food post after along dear :)
I know, it's good to be back haha, played too much video games!
So nice and yummy every steemian want that cake hahah :)
Haha thank you :D
its excellent to see nicely made that :)
Thank you @starboye :D
Hey there @kotturinn! Beautiful photos as always! How are the kitties these days? I was hoping to see your crazy one featured somewhere :-) Mine have been enjoying the snow, but I thought cats didn't like cold paws!
I know Napoleon cake as something totally different but this looks amazing!