
The Classic Napoleon cake is one of the most popular and exquisite desserts. Its main ingredients include puff pastry, cream and cream. The next recipe will help you cook this cake at home.
Ingredients:
– 500 g of puff pastry
– 1 liter of cream (fat content of at least 30%)
– 200 g of sugar
– 6 eggs
– 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
– powder for decoration
Instructions:
1. Heat the oven to 180 ° C. Knead the puff pastry on the working surface and cut it into rectangles about 10×6 cm in size.
2. Cover the baking sheet of parchment paper and put the layers of dough on it. Pierce each piece with a fork several times to prevent twisting during baking.
3. Bake puff pastry in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until golden. Leave him to cool.
4. Beat eggs with sugar into a creamy mass. Add the vanilla extract and continue to beat until the mixture becomes thick and dense.
5. In a separate bowl, beat the cream until the peaks are formed. Gradually add whipped cream to the creamy mass and carefully mix until a homogeneous cream is obtained.
6. Start collecting the cake. On a uniform layer of puff pastry, apply a thick layer of cream. Repeat this process until the layers of dough and cream end. Complete the cake with the last layer of dough.
7. Decorate the top layer of the cake with a thin layer of cream and sprinkle with powder. Leave the cake for several hours in the refrigerator so that it is saturated.
8. When serving, cut the cake into rectangles and enjoy the taste of the classic Napoleon.
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