Budget cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a budget cake? Prepare your food. Take the yeast-free dough, it does not rise as much and has a crispier structure, reminiscent of Napoleon's cakes. The dough must be defrosted in advance. The best way to do this is to put the dough from the freezer into the refrigerator compartment. With this method, the dough will melt very delicately and will behave better when baking. This recipe is based on standard store-bought two-layer dough.

2. STEP 2

   

   Line a baking tray with regular baking paper. Place both layers of dough on it without rolling them out first.

3. STEP 3

   

   Bake the dough in the oven, preheated to 220°C, top-bottom mode. Baking time - 15-20 minutes. Also be guided by the appearance of the dough - it will rise greatly and become rosy. Cool the finished cakes.

4. STEP 4

   

   While the cakes are baking and then cooling, prepare the cream. How to make cream? Take a saucepan with a thick bottom. Pour sugar, flour into it, add egg yolks. Pour in the milk while stirring constantly. Stir with a whisk until smooth.

5. STEP 5

   

   Place the saucepan on low heat. With constant stirring, wait until the sugar first dissolves and then the mass thickens. Be sure to stir the mixture all the time, otherwise it will start to burn to the bottom. If you are not confident in your abilities or in your dishes, then do it in a water bath.

6. STEP 6

   

   The mixture should boil - bubbles will begin to appear on the surface, and it will “puff”. Turn off the fire immediately. The custard base for the cream is ready.

7. STEP 7

   

   Cool the base. Be sure to cover it with cling film, and place the film directly on the surface of the mass. Otherwise, a crust will form on top.

8. STEP 8

   

   When the base has cooled but is still warm, add butter to it. Since the cake is budget-friendly, very little butter goes into the cream, which does not affect its taste in any way. The only thing is that it does not need to be whipped like regular custard. Simply mix the oil with the base. When warm, the oil mixes in very well.

9. STEP 9

   

   Remove the top part of the cakes, which will be the most fragile. Make crumbs from it that will decorate the top of the cake.

10. STEP 10

    

    Divide the cakes themselves into layers into several parts. I got 6 pieces.

11. STEP 11

    

    Assemble the cake. You can do this directly with warm cream - this way it will soak the dough even better. Spread each cake with a few tablespoons of cream. Spread the top and sides of the cake with cream as well. There is a lot of cream, a small part is even left.

12. STEP 12

    

    Grind the crumbs that came from the top of the cakes with your hands as finely as possible. Sprinkle it over the top and, if you have enough, the sides of the cake. I only had enough for the top. Place the cake in the refrigerator for two hours to soak. Serve the finished cake with tea or coffee. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

21.10.2023

4.5

I love layer cakes, like Napoleon. For this cake I took a package of yeast-free dough weighing one kilogram. There were 4 layers in total. I baked them all. At the same time, the amount of cream was increased by 1.5 times. Just enough. The cakes rose well, but it was possible to cut them only into two parts each; there were a lot of voids. Please note that I laid out the dough on regular parchment paper, but during the baking process it stuck. I think you still need to lubricate it with a thin layer of oil or use a silicone mat. I easily removed the parchment, just like I do with marshmallows. I turned the cakes upside down with the parchment and, using a silicone brush, brushed the surface with plain water. After a couple of minutes, the parchment came off. In the cream, I replaced flour with potato starch, I just like thicker custard) I ground the crumbs in a blender. And in order to prevent them from spilling everywhere when sprinkling, I placed pieces of paper on the dish, which I then removed. I put everything into one cake, although it probably should have been divided into two. It turned out to be very tall, it’s not very convenient to take pieces) The cake was soaked all night in the refrigerator. In the morning it became soft and very tasty) I love cakes like this, and the kids finished it all in half a day) Thanks for the recipe!