Cake "Napoleon" is loved by many. After all, this is a combination of tender, slightly crispy cakes, mouth-watering and light cream. However, many believe that making such a dessert at home is very difficult. But this is not so. Napoleon with boiled condensed milk, for example, can be prepared quickly without spending a lot of money on ingredients. And it turns out an original dessert that the whole family will definitely like.
Simple recipe: minimum products
This version of the Napoleon cake with boiled condensed milk requires very few ingredients. For shortcakes you need to take:
- two glasses of flour;
- two hundred grams of margarine;
- a glass of thick sour cream, better than a rustic one.
For the cream you need to prepare:
- a jar of boiled condensed milk;
- 50 grams of butter;
- half a glass of thick sour cream.
The secret to this recipe is that you really need to take very thick sour cream. If you take at least 15 percent, then a delicious dessert will not work.
Cake making process
To begin with, margarine is removed in the freezer for about an hour. After they take it out, rub on a coarse grater. If you take the product from the refrigerator, it will rub poorly. Sifted flour is added in batches, stirred by hands so that both ingredients combine. Then add sour cream and knead the dough. Thoroughly knead it in a roll.
A blank for Napoleon with boiled condensed milk is cut into seven pieces. They put everything in a container, cover it with cling film. Leave in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
After each piece is rolled into cake. If the dough breaks, then it is worth putting it in the freezer for another ten minutes.
It is better to cover the baking sheet with parchment. Lubricate it with vegetable oil, thick enough. Lay cake for cake. Bake the workpiece at a temperature of two hundred degrees seven minutes. So do with every piece of dough. Gently lay cakes on top of each other.
Proceed to the preparation of cream with boiled condensed milk for Napoleon. A jar of condensed milk is opened, it is poured into a bowl. Add butter and sour cream. Beat everything together with a mixer. The cream should be uniform.
Lubricate each cake, lay on top of each other, lightly press. The edges are trimmed so that the workpiece is even. Send "Napoleon" with boiled condensed milk in the cold for an hour, so that it is saturated. After cut into portioned pieces and served to the table.
Dough recipe
You can make a cake from the finished dough. This recipe for “Napoleon” cake with boiled condensed milk suggests exactly that. For him you need to take:
- a can of boiled condensed milk;
- three hundred grams of butter;
- 700 grams of finished dough.
The dough needs to be thawed, divided into identical pieces. Roll each into a layer. Lay parchment on a baking sheet, grease with butter. Lay the cake. They pierce with a fork in several places. Bake at a temperature of two hundred degrees for about 15 minutes. It is necessary to ensure that they become rosy, but not burnt. All cakes are baked.
Make a cream. The oil is removed from the refrigerator in advance to make it soft. Beat it to splendor. After they put condensed milk on it with a spoon. Beat again.
Each cake is greased with cream, laid on top of each other. Cut off, giving the desired shape. Lubricate the sides of the cake with the rest of the cream, do not forget about the top of the cake. Scraps from "Napoleon" with boiled condensed milk can be chopped with a knife, turned into crumbs, sprinkle them with dessert. Serve the cake when it is infused in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Original Cake Recipe
For this recipe "Napoleon" with boiled condensed milk, you need to take the following ingredients:
- two cans of boiled condensed milk;
- 400 grams of margarine;
- four glasses of flour, with a slide;
- 60 ml of water;
- a tablespoon of vodka;
- one hundred grams of butter.
This recipe produces a very original cake. His cakes are a bit dry, but crispy. The cream is very saturated. The weight of such a cake is more than a kilogram.
How to make a cake?
The flour needs to be sifted, do it carefully. Cold margarine is rubbed on flour. Hands mix both ingredients to make such a greasy crumb. Form a bunch, in the middle of which they make a notch.
In a glass mix water and vodka. Pour a little to the flour, knead. Repeat the procedure. The result should be a smooth and elastic dough.
Lumps are separated from it. From such an amount of dough they turn out about fifteen. Cover everything with a towel and leave it for about three hours in a cool place. During this time, they slightly swell.
Lay out the parchment. Roll cakes on it, pierce each with a fork in several places. The oven is heated to 220 degrees. They wait until the cakes become golden, but not brown. Leave the finished cakes for a while so that they become hard.
Prepare a cream. To do this, beat the oil at room temperature with a spoon. It needs to be magnificent. Add boiled condensed milk on a spoon, whisk. Repeat the action until all the condensed milk is in the cream.
Cake assembly
Cakes are smeared with cream, try to make it evenly distributed. Stacked on top of each other. This will result in a very large structure. Cover the cake with a board. Pressed with all the weight to make him a donkey. Cream that comes out from the sides is smeared along the edges of the cake.
Set the cake on the cake, send dessert to the cold for several hours. So it is impregnated faster. After removing the load, grease the top of the cake with cream. You can sprinkle it with crumbs from cookies or scraps of cake.
Delicious cakes, of course, like everyone. Cake with the sonorous name "Napoleon" is no exception. Such a dessert with a delicious cream and light cakes can be prepared by yourself, and this does not always require a lot of time and effort. However, the cake should be soaked, so it will not save when the guests unexpectedly arrive. But if you cook it in advance, you can surprise many homemade cakes.