Simple Napoleon cake at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To prepare the cakes, put the butter in the freezer for 30 minutes so that it freezes a little. Rub the frozen butter on a coarse grater into a dough bowl. Sprinkle the layers of grated butter with flour so that it does not stick together.

2. Step 2:

   

   Quickly grind flour and butter into crumbs.

3. Step 3:

   

   Then add sour cream, egg and soda, slaked with vinegar.

4. Step 4:

   

   Knead the dough. It is not necessary to stir it for a long time, so that the oil does not have time to melt. As it rolled into a ball, so you can take it out. Fold the dough into a bag and put it in the refrigerator for an hour.

5. Step 5:

   

   Now you can do the cream. Combine eggs, flour, vanilla and a little milk. Mix everything well until smooth so that there are no lumps.

6. Step 6:

   

   Separately pour the rest of the milk into a non-stick saucepan and add sugar. Bring to a boil.

7. Step 7:

   

   With constant stirring, add hot milk to the egg mixture. Stir and return the whole mass to the fire.

8. Step 8:

   

   Over medium heat, bring the cream to thicken. Do not forget to constantly stir the cream. Otherwise it will burn. Cover the finished cream with a film in contact and put it away in the cold for its complete cooling.

9. Step 9:

   

   Take out the dough and divide it into 8 parts. Before rolling out, store all the parts in the refrigerator and take them out one by one.

11. Step 10:

    

    Roll out each piece very thinly and cut out a circle with a diameter of 22cm. After baking , it becomes 20 cm. It is best to roll out immediately on confectionery paper, and then drag it along with the paper onto a baking sheet. Do not remove the clippings. Bake together with the cake. They will go to sprinkle the cake. Put it in the oven, preheated to 190 degrees. Bake each cake until golden brown.

12. Step 11:

    

    So prepare all the cakes.

13. Step 12:

    

    Smear the cakes with cooled custard.

14. Step 13:

    

    Assemble the whole cake. Put a small load on top so that the cakes fit more tightly to each other when soaked. Refrigerate for 6-8 hours. A little cream should remain on the coating of the last cake and sides.

15. Step 14:

    

    Chop all the trimmings into crumbs.

16. Step 15:

    

    Coat the cake on top and sides with cream and sprinkle with crumbs. And again remove for soaking. It is best to give such a cake for impregnation for a day.

17. Step 16:

    

    If you like Napoleon with slightly crispy cakes, then you can not stand for a day.

18. Step 17:

    

    Have a nice tea party!