Cake "Napoleon" with custard is a popular and many favorite treat. You will have to work hard on delicate puff pastries, but the result will be a dessert that can decorate any holiday table. The classic recipe will help you prepare the Napoleon cake correctly at home, and later you will be able to experiment and create your own unique bakery.
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Cooking cream for Napoleon
The classic "Napoleon" involves soaking layers of baking custard, the preparation of which should begin in advance. It is recommended to prepare an impregnation for future use if you like soft, melting in your mouth pastries. To do this, mix 5 tablespoons of sifted premium wheat flour with two cups of granulated sugar.
Add 4 large chicken eggs whipped with a mixer, pour a liter of hot milk and keep the mixture on medium heat until boiling. In the process of preparing the cream for the puff "Napoleon" constantly stir the sweet substance so that it does not burn and is homogeneous. Cool the thickened mixture. Put 250 g of softened butter in a chilled cream, add a pinch of vanillin and whisk with a white mixer.
Useful advice: for the preparation of the original "Napoleon" custard butter can be replaced with condensed milk and high-fat whipped cream. In addition, some chefs add cream-neutral cheese or cottage cheese to the puff cake impregnation
Cake "Napoleon": a recipe for a simple test
To make Napoleon cake at home truly tasty and tender, follow the recipe carefully when mixing the dough. Grate a 250-gram pack of butter (or 150 g butter and 100 g margarine) on a grater and mix the resulting mass with a pinch of table salt, 100 ml of water and a teaspoon of table vinegar.
Sift 3 cups of the highest grade wheat flour so that it is saturated with oxygen, then partly put into the oil and knead a homogeneous dough for Napoleon. Divide it into a dozen identical parts, wrap each in polyethylene and keep it for 2 hours in the refrigerator compartment.
Puff "Napoleon": baking and cake soaking
The most important secret of Napoleon cake, the preparation of which is therefore considered difficult - very thin, almost "paper" layers of baking. Each piece of chilled (!) Dough must be rolled into a rectangle 1 mm thick.
Cover the baking sheet with baking paper, then very carefully transfer the cake onto it, pierce it with a fork and bake in the oven at a temperature of 200 ° C. It is very important not to let the layers of "Napoleon" burn, so just keep each cake in the oven for 5 minutes.
Coat the cooled cakes with a thick custard, coat the sides and top of the cake. Trim the pastries to a shape (for example, rectangular or square), chop the trim. Sprinkle Napoleon with a mixture of crumbs, any chopped roasted nuts. You got a dessert for any occasion, including a great New Year's cake.
Useful advice: If you are preparing a lot of dishes for the holiday, to save time, think about baking in advance. So, a cake for the New Year can be made faster if you bake cakes in 2-3 days. Lay them with paper, wrap in cling film and keep in the refrigerator