Puff pastry cakes: recipes

Puff pastry is perfect for making pies with a wide variety of fillings. They can be unsweetened: with cabbage, meat, fish, potatoes, etc., and sweet: with jam, fruits, chocolate. If you decide to make a dessert for your family, then try making puff pastry cakes. Today we will teach you how to cook them.

Foundation preparation

Many grocery stores sell puff pastry cakes. But you can spend very little time and prepare a delicious dessert at home. What is needed for this? First of all, puff pastry. You can buy it or make it yourself. Next we will tell you how to do this. For puff pastry we need:

• one pack of margarine (you can take any);
• water - half a glass (best boiled at room temperature);
• wheat flour - two glasses (before use, it is best to sift it);
• granulated sugar - one teaspoon will be enough;
• salt - one pinch.

Puff pastry preparation steps:

1. Take a large chopping board and lay sifted wheat flour on it.
2. Margarine should be cut into small pieces and added to flour.
3. Take a knife and chop margarine with flour.
4. We take water and add a small amount of salt and sugar to it, stir everything well. Pour into flour.
5. After kneading the dough, you need to put it in the refrigerator or in a cold place.
6. After twenty to thirty minutes, the dough needs to be rolled out and rolled up.
7. Then roll again and collapse. This must be done up to seven times.
8. Cooking puff pastry at home is a rather time-consuming process, so it is best to buy it in stores.

If you are not going to cook immediately, then you need to wrap the base for cakes and other pastries in a plastic bag. Next, we will consider some interesting recipes that will appeal to children and adults.

Cream puff pastry cakes

There are a large number of different desserts. Puff pastry cakes are a great option for a country outing. They perfectly satisfy the feeling of hunger, and also have a delicate taste. They can be made with apples, nuts, as well as cream. The latter option is very easy to prepare. Especially if you bought puff pastry in the store. Cream cakes can help you make even children.

Required Products:

• egg whites - 3-4 pieces;
• sugar - one glass;
• vanillin - one teaspoon (if not, then you can not add).

Preparation of cream puff pastry:

1. Take the eggs, wash them, carefully separate the proteins from the yolks.
2. Pour the squirrels into a saucepan or a deep plate and pour granulated sugar.
3. Mix everything well with a mixer until you get a white foam.
4. Add a small amount of vanillin to the resulting mass.
5. We take out the puff pastry from the refrigerator.
6. We take one layer and cut one part from it, roll it out.
7. Lubricate with protein cream.
8. We wrap it with a roll and put on a baking sheet greased with butter.
9. We repeat the same thing until the pan is filled. Be sure to leave some space between the workpieces, as in the oven they will increase in size.
10. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top.

Cooking time is twenty-twenty-five minutes.

Cakes "Napoleon" from puff pastry

It is difficult to find a person who would never try this delicacy. Let's try to cook it at home. We will need the following set of products:

• puff pastry (you can buy in a store or cook yourself);
• butter - one pack;
• milk - two glasses;
• eggs - two or three pieces;
• if desired, you can add a little vanillin.

Getting started:

1. Our dough is ready, so go to the preparation of the cream.
2. Milk needs to be slightly warmed up, and the proteins separated from the yolks. We need only the yolks.
3. To get butter in advance from the refrigerator, it should be softened.
4. Beat the yolks with sugar and vanilla.
5. Warm milk gradually pour into the resulting mass.
6. Put on medium heat and stir until it thickens.
7. After this, the mass must be cooled.
8. Then add the butter and beat well.
9. Put the cream in the refrigerator so that it thickens.
10. Let's bake some puff pastry from puff pastry.
11. Grease each cake with the resulting cream.
12. Sprinkle with nuts on top.
13. Enjoy your meal!

Useful Tips

In order for any dish to turn out to be extremely tasty, you need to know not only the cooking technology, but also some tricks. Despite the fact that baking from puff pastry is quite simple to manufacture, it is worth paying attention to certain points. Next we will tell you about them:

• Puff pastry should be well kneaded so that there are no lumps.
• In order to take the required amount of dough to make one cake, you need to use a sharp knife. In no case do not tear off the dough in pieces, otherwise you will violate the technology of its preparation.
• If you add cinnamon, vanillin or lemon to the cake filling, it will acquire an amazing taste and aroma.
• When preparing puff pastry, all ingredients must be chilled.
• It is best to put parchment paper on a baking sheet and only then add the prepared sweet dessert.

To summarize

Recipes for puff pastry cakes are very diverse. We indicated only the most popular. You can also come up with your own recipes that your family will appreciate.