Afghan Napoleon Cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr 35 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make an Afghan Napoleon cake? First of all, we prepare the necessary products for making a delicious cake with layers of meringue with walnuts and butter cream!

2. STEP 2

   

   To prepare the dough, take a large bowl and pour into it five hundred grams of premium wheat flour, pre-sifted through a fine sieve, then pour into it one quarter teaspoon of salt, one teaspoon of vanilla sugar, one teaspoon of baking powder and mix all the dry ingredients together. .

3. STEP 3

   

   Place three hundred grams of pre-cut margarine into a bowl with flour, which can be replaced with butter if desired.

4. STEP 4

   

   Grind all the ingredients well in a bowl with your hands until crumbly.

5. STEP 5

   

   Separate the yolks from the whites of six chicken eggs and place the yolks in a common bowl, then put one hundred and eighty grams of sour cream into it.

6. STEP 6

   

   Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and knead the dough. You may need more or less flour, depending on the consistency of the dough.

7. STEP 7

   

   Continue collecting and kneading the dough in the bowl with your hands until smooth.

8. STEP 8

   

   Gather the dough into a ball, which in turn put in a plastic bag and put in the refrigerator for thirty minutes.

9. STEP 9

   

   To prepare the cream, take a deep bowl and place the whites of six chicken eggs into it, then pour two hundred and fifty grams of sugar into it.

10. STEP 10

    

    Beat the sugar and egg whites with a mixer until fluffy, white, then add a small pinch of citric acid to the bowl and continue beating the cream for two minutes.

11. STEP 11

    

    Place one hundred and eighty grams of pre-roasted walnuts in a blender cup and chop, then place in a bowl with protein cream.

12. STEP 12

    

    Mix the cream with nut crumbs well at low mixer speed.

13. STEP 13

    

    After time has passed, sprinkle the table with a small amount of flour and lay out the dough, which you then knead and shape, then divide the dough into seven approximately equal parts.

14. STEP 14

    

    Roll each piece of dough into a log and place them in a plastic bag.

15. STEP 15

    

    Using the lid, cut and shape the cakes into the required diameter.

16. STEP 16

    

    Transfer the dough pieces to a baking sheet lined with parchment and apply four tablespoons of the prepared cream on six of them in an even layer, then place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake each cake for 10-20 minutes. Focus on your oven.

17. STEP 17

    

    After baking, place the cakes on the table, then press them into shape with a spatula and cool.

18. STEP 18

    

    We make random punctures on the remaining dough with a fork and bake it in a preheated oven for 15 minutes, and from the remaining dough we bake a random cake to further decorate the cake.

19. STEP 19

    

    To prepare the cream, take a deep bowl and place half a kilogram of softened butter into it, then beat it with a mixer, then add three hundred and seventy grams of boiled condensed milk to the bowl and continue mixing all the ingredients together.

20. STEP 20

    

    Place three hundred and seventy grams of condensed milk in a common bowl and mix all the ingredients well until a homogeneous cream is obtained.

21. STEP 21

    

    Start assembling the cake and spread the required amount of prepared cream in an even layer on the cake without meringue.

22. STEP 22

    

    Lay out all the cakes one by one with the meringue layer down and apply an even layer of buttercream on them, then place the final cake on top and press down lightly.

23. STEP 23

    

    Apply the remaining buttercream in an even layer on top and sides of the assembled cake.

24. STEP 24

    

    Crumble the cake into crumbs and apply it to the assembled cake on top of the cream layer, pressing lightly with your hands.

25. STEP 25

    

    Place the prepared cake in the refrigerator for soaking.

26. STEP 26

    

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