The classic dessert dessert "genre" is often called the cake "Napoleon". The credit for inventing a traditional recipe is attributed either to Bonaparte himself or to his cook. But not every housewife sometimes has enough time to prepare a classic version of the dessert. In this case, "Lazy Napoleon" comes to the rescue.
Even novice cooks can handle this recipe. Simple, fast and easy. You won’t even have to turn on the oven! The main ingredient of the dessert is ordinary cookies, which are popularly called "Ears". When you just eat them, they always crumble. The best option is to make a quick cake out of them. Let's try to cook an amazingly delicious “Lazy Napoleon” with an amazingly delicate cream.
What is required
- Cookies from puff pastry "Ears" - eight hundred grams.
- Flour - six tablespoons.
- Milk - one liter.
- Butter - 150 grams.
- Sugar - half a glass (150 grams).
- Egg - four to five pieces.
- One bag of vanillin or vanilla sugar.
The basis
Cake "Lazy Napoleon" from cookies is prepared very quickly. You do not have to cook puff pastry. And the housewives know how much time it sometimes takes to prepare a quality base for the cake. You just need to sort through the purchased cookies and choose even and equal in size. They will be the foundation for the future dessert.
Cooking cream
In order for the cream to turn out gentle and airy, do not rush to mix all the ingredients at once. For starters, mix granulated sugar, vanilla and chicken eggs. Do not rush to mix these products with flour immediately. She will tie them, but you won’t achieve the splendor from beating eggs.
Add flour after the yolk and protein are thoroughly beaten and mixed with sugar. Pour it in gradually, while working with a whisk or mixer. Now you can pour a liter of milk and put the container on a small fire. Do not remove the mixer, it will be needed during the whole process of cooking the cream. It is necessary to stir so that the mass thickens gradually, without lumps, and does not burn.
Once the cream has thickened, you can remove the pan from the heat. Leave it to cool for half an hour. Remember, hot cream will spread and will not give a good cookie hitch.
Cake assembly
Add the butter to the chilled cream. Mix thoroughly with a whisk and immediately proceed with the assembly of the cake. "Lazy Napoleon" can be made of any shape. As a rule, housewives stop on a square or rectangle.
Dip each cookie in a cream and spread on a prepared dish. If you have chosen a rectangle, then we lay out three “ears” in length and four in width. The rows should be even and neat. We do not regret the cream to make the cake hearty, lush and tasty. Usually, about five to six layers are obtained from eight hundred grams of “ears”.
Cake decoration
We grind those cookies that did not pass the selection and sprinkle the top of the cake with the resulting crumbs. Pre-lubricate it with cream. In general, you can decorate the “Lazy Napoleon” cake, the recipe of which we just presented, with anything. Someone uses special pastry toppings, someone likes to add a fruity or nutty note to such a dessert. If desired, you can add cocoa to the cream, then the cake will turn out chocolate. Not a classic, of course, but you will surely surprise guests. And so that the cake is better saturated with cream, leave it for half an hour to "reach" in the refrigerator.
“Lazy Napoleon” is a dessert that can be prepared even by children. It is also a life buoy for busy housewives, whom the guests accidentally rushed to. You can make a cake in half an hour. This is the time it takes for a chicken to fry or to bake pork ham in the oven. The possibility of cooking several dishes at the same time is ideal for any housewife.