Cooking Tree's Napoleon Cake

Name: Cooking Tree's Napoleon Cake
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 240 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: Puff pastry: 90g cold water, 5g sugar, 3g salt, 100g all-purpose flour, 100g cake flour, 40g cold unsalted butter; 60g unsalted butter for lamination; Custard: 2 egg yolks, 55g sugar, 4g vanilla bean paste, 15g cornstarch, 240g milk, 75g unsalted butter

A Napoleon cake built with layers of crispy, flaky handmade pastry sheets and smooth custard buttercream.

4 hr Difficulty Hard Snacks & desserts

Main ingredients

all-purpose flour cake flour egg unsalted butter milk vanilla bean cornstarch

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Quick recipe

Cooking tips

If the butter melts, the layers won't form well. If the dough becomes too soft during work, immediately rest it in the refrigerator.
After assembling the cake, letting it rest sufficiently in the refrigerator allows the sheets and cream to meld softly together.

Recommended for

Those who want to make an elegant pastry-style cake from scratch.
Dessert enthusiasts who enjoy the harmony of crispy texture and smooth custard cream.