The simplest and most delicious Napoleon with custard

Good afternoon friends!

Today we are preparing a classic Napoleon cake from custard and multi-layer cakes. There are a lot of cake recipes. However, the realest, most delicious recipe, tested over the years, is from Soviet times.

Then this cake was baked according to only one recipe; skilled bakers baked huge, table-sized, fluffy, layered, crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth Napoleons, and sold them by cutting them into large pieces. It was impossible to find out the recipe for making the cake; I learned it many years later, and today I want to share it with you.

If you don’t have any time to prepare a cake, but really want something sweet, prepare an easy recipe. Cakes for Napoleon can be baked from ready-made puff pastry; use condensed milk or sour cream as cream. But, of course, such a cake will be different from the one prepared at home.

Napoleon cake - a classic Soviet-era recipe

Ingredients:

To prepare the dough we will need:

• flour - 750 grams
• butter - 600 grams
• egg - 2 pieces
• ice water - 300 ml
• salt - 1 teaspoon
• vodka - 2 tbsp. spoons

To prepare the custard:

• eggs - 4 pieces
• sugar - 200-350 grams
• milk - 1 liter
• butter - 200 grams
• vanilla - 1 pod
• flour - 4 tbsp. spoons
• cognac - 2 tbsp. spoons

Step-by-step preparation:

The main condition for preparing the correct dough is that all ingredients must be chilled.

Sift the cold flour through a fine sieve onto the table, you can sift it 2-3 times, the more it will be saturated with oxygen and the product will be more airy.

Grate the frozen butter on a coarse grater, directly into the flour. I would like to note that it must be fresh and of good quality. You can use less of the indicated amount of butter in the recipe, but you should remember that the more it is, the fluffier and airier the dough turns out.

Each time, dip the butter in flour and quickly rub it in so that it does not melt from the warmth of your hands.

Constantly mix the grated butter with flour.

In a separate bowl, break 2 eggs, add salt to taste, two tablespoons of vodka and water. Mix everything with a whisk. Adding a small amount of vodka makes the dough airy and dry. Then pour the resulting liquid into the butter-flour mixture in small portions and mix.

The dough should not be kneaded too much; it should be mixed and collected into a large lump.

The dough we got is not too stiff, it doesn’t stick to our hands.

Wrap the dough in cling film and place it in the refrigerator for 2 hours, and in the meantime, let's prepare the cream.

How to make “Napoleon Cake” in a hurry

Chop margarine and flour with a knife. Or grind it into crumbs with your hands.

Add water in which vinegar is diluted and knead the dough well.

Divide the dough into 12 parts.

Roll out a piece of dough to the size you need.

Place the cut layer on a baking sheet, make cuts with a knife or pierce it with a fork. Place in a hot oven to bake at 220 degrees.

The cakes bake very quickly, so don’t yawn and quickly roll out the rest of the pieces.

When all the cakes are baked, we begin to make the cream. Beat butter at room temperature with condensed milk. You can add a tablespoon of cognac or brandy :)

Chop the peeled nuts.

Grease each cake with cream. You can sprinkle with chopped nuts.

When you have placed the last layer of cake, carefully place a large cutting board on it and press down all the layers of the cake. Do not overdo it!!! Then spread the last cake with cream and sprinkle with chopped nuts. You will probably burn one of the cake layers - I know from my own experience :) - so you can break off light pieces from it, chop it and sprinkle the cake with this crumb.

Making custard

The custard prepared according to this recipe has a very delicate consistency and soaks the cakes well.

Pour milk into a small saucepan, add sugar, vanilla bean and put on low heat and stirring constantly, dissolve the sugar.

Break the eggs into a separate bowl, add flour, cognac and mix well until smooth.

Pour the prepared mixture into hot milk in portions, stir and bring to a boil, but do not boil. Then reduce the heat and, stirring with a whisk, evaporate the mixture until thickened.

Remove from heat, add softened butter and beat the cream until smooth. We made a wonderful, thick, tender custard. Pour it into a bowl and cool to room temperature.

Main Ingredients

The classic dessert is made from thin crispy cakes. The dough contains white flour, butter, eggs, milk, soda, vinegar or lemon juice.

Five of the fastest classic Napoleon recipes:

The cakes are soaked with condensed milk, whipped cream, custard or butter cream.

Sour cream

You can quickly make sour cream from any sour cream and sugar. It doesn't even require heat treatment.

We have prepared the dough and cream, you can start baking the cakes.

Place baking paper on the table and roll out very thin dough on it, 3-4 mm thick and the size of a baking tray. Using a fork, make pricks all over the surface of the cake.

Then, using a sharp and thin knife, cut the rolled out cake into six equal parts. Carefully transfer them onto a baking sheet on paper and place them in an oven heated to 200 degrees.

It is better to bake the cakes on the middle rack. You should not overbake; as soon as the dough has risen and browned (3-5 minutes), take out the baking sheet and place the next one. Thus, we got 24 thin, crispy puff pastries.

Let's start assembling our delicious Napoleon cake. We coat each cake with a layer of cream. Then coat with cream on top and on all sides. We sacrifice one cake and turn it into crumbs, which we sprinkle on all sides of our dessert. Leave to soak at room temperature for five hours, then put in the refrigerator overnight.

In the morning, cut a piece of cake for tea. Well-soaked and melt-in-your-mouth dessert prepared according to a classic recipe. Bon appetit!

This is such a long and detailed recipe for making an amazing, delicious homemade Napoleon cake from Soviet times. I would like to know your opinion about the recipe, write in the comments. If you liked it, click “Class” and share links to the article with your friends on social networks.

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Description of preparation:

A very quick “Napoleon” can be baked from ready-made puff pastry, but we will not take the easy route. This recipe for making a “Napoleon” cake in a hurry will take a little more time, but it will be much tastier. The mere fact that you did all the steps yourself and with love will add a special taste to the cake. Is not it? So let’s get to cooking and good luck to you!
Purpose: In a hurry Main ingredient: Dairy products / Dough / Butter / Condensed milk Dish: Baking / Cakes / Napoleon Geography of cuisine: Russian cuisine

Soviet recipe

Dough for Napoleon according to the Soviet recipe is prepared from the following list of components:

• 100 g butter or margarine;
• 200 ml milk;
• 180 g granulated sugar;
• 1 egg;
• 5 g salt;
• 720 g flour.

Products for cream:

• 2000 ml milk;
• 6 chicken egg yolks;
• 300 g white crystalline sugar;
• 100 g flour;
• 100 g butter;
• 3-4 g vanilla powder.

Baking method:

1. Heat milk in a saucepan, add margarine cut into small cubes, stir and leave to melt.
2. Beat the egg and sugar with a mixer, then gradually pour in the hot milk and margarine, without turning off the mixer. When the liquid ingredients become homogeneous, add flour and salt to them and knead into a tight dough.
3. From this amount of dough you should bake 14 very thin cakes. They bake quickly, literally in a couple of minutes, so you shouldn’t stray too far from the oven.
4. For the custard, boil milk mixed with yolks, flour, sugar and vanilla until it reaches the consistency of thick sour cream, and after cooling, beat with creamy butter.
5. Sprinkle each cake generously with cream, stacking them one on top of the other. Decorate the top and sides with crumbs. After this, wrap the cake in foil and put it in the refrigerator overnight.

After this procedure, the dessert is absolutely ready.

Napoleon cake recipe with photo

To those who are afraid to cook Napoleon for the first time, I would like to say, don’t be afraid to try, you will succeed.

Let's start preparing Napoleon with cream. While we prepare the dough and bake the cakes, the cream will have time to cool.

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Cooking time: 3 hours 0 minutes

Quantity: 10 servings

A simple recipe for the best no-bake Napoleon

Everyone knows that almost anything can be made from lavash, from snacks to pies. But few people realize that you can make a cake out of it! It's amazing how versatile this product is. To be honest, he always helps me out.

In this recipe, each package contains 2 large sheets of pita bread. The cake turns out big; if you need to make a smaller dessert, then reduce the amount of ingredients.

We will need:

• lavash - 4 packs;
• milk - 900 ml;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• sugar - 2 cups;
• flour - 5-6 tablespoons;
• butter - 200 g;
• vanilla sugar optional.

Preparation:

1. Let's start with the cream right away. Mix eggs with sugar. If you use vanilla sugar, add it at this stage.

Then pour 100 ml of milk into the egg mixture and mix with a whisk. Add flour and mix it thoroughly so that there are no lumps. Then pour in the remaining milk and place the pan with the future cream on the stove.

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. As soon as bubbles appear from boiling, immediately turn off the stove. We also cover the hot cream with cling film in contact so that a crust does not form on its surface. And leave until cool.

2. Cut the lavash sheets to the required size. Dry each sheet in an oven preheated to 190-200 degrees for about two minutes.

3. Beat the softened butter with a mixer and combine it with the cooled cream, also using a mixer.

4. Grease each lavash cake quite generously with cream, place the next sheet on it, and coat it as well. And thus we make our Napoleon, leaving a couple of sheets for sprinkling the cake.

Grind the pita bread into crumbs and sprinkle our dessert with them on all sides, let it brew in the refrigerator and you can serve it!