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Napoleon cake recipe with strawberry layer. "Napoleon" and with a strawberry layer

31.10.2021

Grocery list

Unleavened puff pastry 1.5 kg
Butter 500 g
Powdered sugar 250 g
Condensed milk
250 g cognac
2 tbsp vanillin or vanilla sugar to taste
Fresh strawberries 500 g

Cooking method

The most difficult thing in a cake recipe is to bake the cakes correctly. And if you have ready-made puff pastry, then even this can be done very easily.

Roll out the puff yeast-free dough into a square of about 30x30 cm on a surface dusted with flour. Place a silicone mat on a baking sheet. Using a rolling pin, transfer the rolled dough onto the mat. Do not touch the dough with your hands, otherwise the layers will shift and the dough will rise unevenly! In order for the dough to bake evenly, you need to make notches on it. There should be three such layers with notches. Preheat oven to 210? and bake for 15 minutes.

Prepare a classic butter cream: beat the softened butter until white. Vanilla sugar can be added immediately. Add one teaspoon sugar, vanillin - on the tip of a knife. You can add cognac right away. After the oil has changed its color from yellow to white, gradually introduce condensed milk and add powdered sugar. Remove the flaky cakes from the oven and let them cool down. Using a bread knife, carefully trim the edges of the dough. Do not throw away the crumb, it will come in handy for sprinkling. Spread the cream evenly on the dough.

To make Strawberry Napoleon, you need to cut the strawberries into 4 pieces and distribute them around the entire perimeter of the crust. Repeat the same with the second and third layers.

To make flaky crumbs, cut the dough pieces into small pieces. Grease the finished Napoleon with cream and sprinkle with crumbs. Sprinkle the cake with icing sugar on top. Leave to stand in the refrigerator for 2 hours to soak in the cream. Cut the finished cake into triangular cakes.

Let's start with the test! Add lemon juice to cold water. Beat eggs until light foam, add prepared lemon water and salt to them, mix everything and set aside for now. We take frozen butter and three of it on a coarse grater, you can finely chop it with a knife, but, in my opinion, it is easier and faster on a grater. Pour flour (550 grams, set aside the remaining 100 for cream) on the work surface, put butter on top and chop it with a knife, finely-finely). We rake the resulting mass into a small hill and make a depression in it, pour the mixture of eggs into this hole. And knead the dough to make it elastic. We divide a large piece of dough into equal pieces, from which we then buoy to bake the cakes. From this amount of ingredients, I get 7-8 cakes, we form them into balls, wrap them with cling film and put them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Then we roll out each ball on baking paper or on a silicone mat and cut out a circle with the diameter that you need, I take a flat large plate, it is 26 cm in diameter.Then this circle should be pricked with a fork around the entire perimeter so that the cake is quickly and evenly baked and sent it in the oven (we bake the trimmings remaining from the circle with it), heated to 180 degrees for 5-6 minutes, can cook faster, so we focus on the ruddy of the cake, how the blush became, we get it!

Now let's prepare the cream. This is one of the custard recipes I use, it has a delicate milky taste and turns out to be slightly greasy. So, grind the yolks with sugar and vanilla sugar, add 100 grams of flour and mix. Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring it to a boil, then add it to the yolks, mix everything. We put on a slow fire all the resulting mass, stirring, bring until thickened.

For a strawberry layer, it is enough to grind the strawberries in a blender.

Putting the cake together! We put the baked cake in the form, grease it with the already cooled cream, and on top of our cream put the grated strawberries, put the second cake on top, and so on, until you collect the whole cake, do not forget to grease abundantly with cream so that each piece of cake is soaked well. The very top of the cake can be left without strawberries.

"Napoleon" is a traditional French and Italian dessert prepared on the basis of numerous puff pastry and aromatic cakes. Today, there are dozens of recipes that use custard, protein, and butter cream, and even made on the basis of fatty confectionery cream. However, preparing such a dessert is not so bad. After all, it still needs to be properly formalized. Let's find out how to decorate Napoleon cake at home.

Two in one: tasty and healthy

How to decorate a Napoleon cake if you don't have pastry tools at hand and your culinary skills leave much to be desired? Fresh berries will come to the rescue, which will not only look beautiful and fabulous on dessert, butandwill make it tasty and healthy. To decorate a puff cake, you need to select the most ripe, but not soft and not friable fruits. Otherwise, they will give juice and become stale within a few hours, which makes the dessertwill lose its appetizing.

This is for beginners. After all, all that is required is to beautifully and neatly lay out strawberries, raspberries, blueberries or currants on the surface, then sprinkle everything with powdered sugar. Use a sieve to coat the berries evenly like frost. Don't forget to add green with mint leaves. Both adults and children will appreciate the decoration of the Napoleon cake with berries.

Chocolate paradise

It doesn't matter what kind of cream you use in your dessert. In any case, the final step will be that you apply it on top of the cakes and cover with chopped puff pastry shavings. Let's change the usual look of the Napoleon cake? The decoration will be products made of pure chocolate, which we will prepare ourselves.

What is required for this:

Dark chocolate bar.
A saucepan of water.
A heat-resistant bowl that is slightly larger in diameter than the width of the saucepan.
Wooden spatula.
Baking paper (parchment).

Break the chocolate into pieces and pour into the bowl. Then we put it in a saucepan and place it on the stove. When the water starts to boil, it will create a bath-like effect and the chocolate will slowly melt. To get a homogeneous mass, you needherstir constantly. When the chocolate has completely melted, let's start making the parts. To do this, using a wooden spatulaandwe will create droplets, patterns and even lettering, remembering to apply melted chocolate to the parchment. In the worst case, you will not be able to neatly separate the pattern from the surface without breaking the fragile part. You can place the chocolate in the freezer for a few hours until it is completely frozen.

We separate the finished drawings and drops with a thin knife from the paper, and then transfer them to the surface of the confectionery to create an original pattern. Such decoration of the Napoleon cake will look as if the dessert was made by a professional pastry chef.

Confetti rain

All the girls are candy. They love colorful outfits, sweet cakes, and all the colors of the rainbow. Their cheerfulness, and sometimes naivety, pleases and inspires. Therefore, we will tell you about a possible option for decorating a cake for a girl for 10 years. And for this we will use multi-colored confetti.

You can usually find them in any supermarket by looking in the spice, seasoning and baking section. However, you can also look into a pastry shop, where you will be offered confetti of completely different sizes and shades. To make our cake for a 10-year-old girl a colorful one, we will also use whipped cream mixed with food coloring.

To prepare the cream, you need to pour a small amount of heavy cream and whip

mixeruntil stable peaks are formed. Add a little vanilla and red dye to the finished cream and knead until a homogeneous mass is obtained. With the help of a pastry syringe or an ordinary spatula, it is necessary to apply the cream to the surface of the "Napoleon", and then richly sprinkle the dessert with multi-colored confetti. And don't be afraidbThat the cake will turn out to be too sweet - the bright scattering, although edible, is practically tasteless.

Improvised means

"Napoleon" with chocolate balls is another cake decorating idea that will definitely please both the hero of the occasion and all guests. All you need to decorate the dessert are chocolate-coated corn balls, waffle round biscuits or thin chocolate chips. Of course, you can admire such a cake for hours. However, its appearance will give everyone an unforgettable visual pleasure.

For cooking, you need to select cookies of the same length, and also stock up on chocolate balls in advance. This is a great cake decorating idea. Indeed, even the most inexperienced culinary specialist can cope with its implementation. Gently stick one wafer to the cream so that they form a fence. Do not press too hard or you will break the fragile cookie. Tie tape around the cake to prevent any waffles from falling off while carrying. Gently place chocolate balls in the middle, or sprinkle more to cover any creamy gaps. Such decoration of the Napoleon cake with sweets will delight all household inhabitants.

Oh, these boys

How to decorate a boy's birthday cake at home? To do this, you need to be creative and a little diligent. After all, if in most cases little ladies will be delighted with pink flowers, then boys are more serious and severe critics. They want to see their favorite superheroes and the latest car models. To surprise a little boy you have to try.

There is a great idea on how to decorate a boy's birthday cake - use mastic.

Truly, this is a unique confection that allows you to mold any shape from an edible material, reminiscent of clay or plasticine. The mastic is easy to roll and the colors can be adjusted with food coloring. For example, try creating a soccer field if your child enjoys an active lifestyle and is a fan of the sport.

Let's start with a cake and a white persistent cream. Add green dye to it, and then use a pastry syringe to smoothly apply feathers to get an imitation of grass.

And what is a football field without a ball? Using mastic, you need to roll a uniform ball and place it in creamy grass. We are sure that such a dessert will not leave indifferent even the most picky boy.

Glaze patterns

It is not uncommon for Viennese desserts such as strudel or strudel to be double glazed to create a unique pattern. This does not require special pastry syringes to decorate the cake, but you still have to spend 30 minutes preparing the chocolate coating.

Important note! We'll use a white and dark chocolate frosting to create a contrasting pattern. In no case should dark and light tiles be mixed, so you must first prepare the fondants in different (separate) containers.

What you need:

A bar of black or milk chocolate.
Butter (small piece).
A saucepan of water or a saucepan.
Deep heat-resistant bowl to create a water bath.
Stirring paddle.
Pallet and metal grill.

Melt the chocolate in a water bath and add the butter. If the glaze is too liquid, then you can add a little sifted flour, remembering to stir the mass regularly. Repeat the same procedure with the white chocolate, then place the cake on the wire rack. Do not forget to put a pallet under it - this is necessary if you do not want to stain the table and floor with liquid glaze.

Gently pour dark fondant over, evenly distributing it over the entire surface of the cake, touching the sides as well. Let it cool a little, and then draw neat circles with the help of white icing. Using a toothpick, draw lines over the fudge to create a pattern. When decorating a cake, pay attention to the photo below.

Simple decor

What could be easier than decorating a finished dessert with lush cream? This is a versatile way to decorate a cake in minutes, and you don't need to whip cream or boil egg yolks for an extended period. All you need is a pastry set for decorating cakes, which consists of a spatula (spatula), a pastry bag (syringe), a specializedOhnozzles and dyeI am.

Decoration tips:

What cream to cook

We present to your attention some of the most popular cake decorating creams.

Molds for decorating cakes

A unique way to decorate "Napoleon" in a beautiful and original way. The name itself speaks for itself. After all, a mold is a form where edible mastic is placed to obtain a 3D figure. Today, there are dozens of different silicone models that allow you to create inscriptions, faces, and anthropomorphic figures. It all depends on desire and imagination.

Helpful hint: making mastic at home is easy. It is enough to use icing sugar, powdered and condensed milk. All ingredients are mixed until smooth.I amdoughy mass. With the help of an ordinary rolling pin and a sharp knife, you can make creative glaze, create incredible shapes.

The main feature of mastic is that it is a kind of plasticine, only edible and absolutely safe. If you wish, you can cut flowers, create volumetric inscriptions and depict even small animals. And for those who are not ready to prepare the mastic on their own, a pastry shop comes to the rescue, where a doughy mass of different colors is sold.

Selection of pastry tools

Tired of a simple cream and want to decorate your dessert in an original way? Then give preference to those that will allow you to design the cake, as if you are a real ambassador of your business!

Types of tools:

"Napoleon" is a favorite and popular dessert all over the world. Perhaps, if in many restaurants the taste of the cake may be similar, but the appearance will be remembered for a lifetime. That is why it is important to decorate the dessert, even if berries and powdered sugar are used for this.

It's already the middle of summer! You wait for it, you wait, but it flies by - you do not have time to realize it. You try to grab more heat and sunshine, and of course, eat your fill of seasonal fruits and berries. And when it is already unbearable to “crack” the berries, you can cook something like that with them, for example, bake some kind of cake. The real king of desserts is Napoleon, but not simple, but strawberry. Woo-a-la:

Ingredients:

Strawberries - 1 kg., Flour - 700-750 gr., Eggs - 10 pcs., Butter - 540 gr. (3 packs), salt - a pinch, lemon juice - 2 tbsp. or 1 tbsp. vinegar (6%), vanilla sugar - 2 sachets, sugar - 400 g., milk - 1 liter, ice water - 150 ml.

Preparation:

1. Prepare the dough: sift flour (600-650gr.) On a board or silicone mat, grate chilled butter on a coarse grater, mix with flour. Chop everything into crumbs with a knife. Make a depression in this mass.

2. Beat 2 eggs, add salt, add lemon juice (or vinegar) to ice water, mix, mix with eggs. Pour this mixture into flour and knead the dough. Knead for a short time so that the dough is light and airy.

3. Form 10-12 koloboks from the dough, put on a plate, cover with cling film and refrigerate for 40-60 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, prepare the custard: separate the yolks of the remaining 8 eggs from the whites. Beat the yolks with sugar and vanilla. Add 100 grams of flour and mix well.

5. Pour milk into a saucepan, bring to a boil over medium heat, but do not boil. Pour hot milk into the yolk mass, stirring vigorously so that no lumps form. Then again pour the cream into a saucepan from under the milk and, stirring continuously, simmer it over low heat. As soon as the cream thickens, remove from heat. Let it cool down. Add butter (180 g) to a lukewarm cream, mix well, cover with foil and refrigerate.

6. Wash, dry and sort the strawberries - leave large and beautiful berries for decoration, whip the smaller one in a blender with sugar (50 gr.). Put in the refrigerator.

7. Let's start baking the cakes. We take out the dough from the refrigerator, just not all at once, but one kolobok at a time. Roll thinly on baking parchment. Then, using a plate or dish, cut out a circle with a diameter of 24-26 cm, leave the trimmings at the edges - they will make an excellent crumb for sprinkling the cake - no need to transfer the whole cake.

8. We often prick the cake with a fork. We bake the cake in the oven at 180 degrees until golden brown (~ 10-12 minutes). We do the same with the rest of the cakes. We put the ruddy cuttings in a blender and grind them into crumbs - I don't have a blender, I managed with an ordinary bag and a rolling pin.

9. Collect the cake: take out the custard and whipped strawberries. Put the cake on, grease it with cream, then add a little whipped strawberries, cover with the cake again, continue in the same way until the last (top cake) - spread the rest of the cream on it and coat the cake on top and around the edges properly. Then sprinkle it with crumbs on all sides.

10. The cake must be soaked - for this we remove it for 5-8 hours, or better for the whole night, in the refrigerator. Decorate with fresh strawberries before serving. Instead of strawberries, you can also use raspberries - I think Raspberry Napoleon is in no way inferior to strawberry! Try it!

BON APPETIT!

And here is the summer version of the Napoleon cake!

Remember, once in the summer we made Napoleon with raspberries? And in winter - Napoleon with cherries from ready-made dough7 Well, now, in the strawberry season, I wanted to cook our favorite Napoleon cake with strawberries!

Puff cakes, delicate cream and aromatic berries - a delicious combination! Even though for speed I took ready-made puff pastry, and the cakes turned out to be dry, the cake soaked very slowly, and it was difficult to cut it. If you wish and have 2-3 free hours for cooking, you can make strawberry Napoleon from homemade puff pastry. Well, if you want something tasty as soon as possible, we make it from ready-made dough, just mind, do not get carried away with purchased ones, homemade is better :)

Ingredients:

puff pastry - 0.5 kg;
fresh strawberries - 0.5 kg;

Cream - option 1:

A pack of butter (200g);
A can of condensed milk.

Cream - option 2:

Thick cream, homemade - 2 cups;
Powdered sugar - 5-6 tablespoons.

How to make Napoleon cake with strawberries from ready-made puff pastry:

We defrost the ready-made puff pastry (not puff-yeast, but simply puff pastry), or prepare homemade. After rolling out the finished dough a little and putting the cake on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil, put it in a well-heated oven and bake until golden brown at 200-220C.

While the cakes are baking, prepare the cream: beat the butter with condensed milk or cream with powdered sugar with a mixer. Tasty both ways.