Napoleon is one of the most popular and favorite desserts all over the world. It is a layered cake or pastry with delicate cream. There are many variations of Napoleon, but they all have in common the use of puff pastry and cream based on cream, butter or condensed milk.
Napoleon can be prepared as a cake or small cakes
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It has a delicate flavor and aroma, as well as a pleasant texture that melts in the mouth.
Napoleon can become a decoration of any table and please all lovers of sweet things with its taste.
Ingredients:
- Eggs – 2 pcs;
- Margarine – 450 g;
- Salt – 1 tsp;
- Flour – 900 g;
- Water – 300 ml;
- Vinegar 9% – 2 tbsp;
- Butter – 450 g;
- Condensed milk – 760 g;
- Vanilla sugar – a pinch.
Preparation of Napoleon cake:
Into cold water pour salt, pour vinegar, break eggs and stir. Put the water in the refrigerator, grate cold margarine on a coarse grater into the flour.
Mix margarine and flour quickly, and then pour the cold water and eggs into the depression. Quickly gather the ingredients into a lump of dough.
Leave the dough in cellophane for 20 minutes in the freezer, then divide into 8 equal parts. While rolling out one layer, the others should be put in the fridge.
Roll out the cakes better according to the size of the tray
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Place the layer on a baking tray covered with parchment and bake at 210 degrees for 7-8 minutes. Do the same with the rest of the pieces of dough
. After baking, all the cakes should be leveled. For the cream, combine butter with vanilla sugar and beat with a mixer until white.
Then pour condensed milk into the butter and continue to beat until the cream is formed.
Pour the cream on each cake, form the cake
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Grease the top and sides of the cake with cream, sprinkle the top with the rest of the cakes. Put the cake in the refrigerator for at least a couple of hours to soak.
If you need a smaller cake, you can halve all the products. This is how you get a delicious homemade Napoleon for tea.
