Puff log cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a puff log cake? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance; it should be soft. If you have frozen puff pastry, you also need to take it out of the refrigerator in advance so that it defrosts.

2. STEP 2

   

   How to make cream for log cake? Pour milk into a saucepan and add vanilla sugar to it. Place the saucepan on the fire and bring the milk to a boil.

3. STEP 3

   

   While the milk is heating, combine the starch and sugar in a bowl. Mix thoroughly.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add the yolks to the dry ingredients in a bowl. Wash the eggs first in warm water and soda, as there may be harmful bacteria on their surface.

5. STEP 5

   

   And mash the mixture until smooth with a whisk.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour hot milk into the yolk mixture in small portions. Stir the mixture constantly with a whisk.

7. STEP 7

   

   Return the resulting mass to the saucepan and place it again on medium heat.

8. STEP 8

   

   Stirring constantly, bring the cream to thicken and boil. After the first signs of boiling appear on the surface of our cream, boil it for another 1-2 minutes. Remove the saucepan with the cream from the heat and leave it to cool. To make the process faster, I placed the saucepan in a container with cold water. While the cream is cooling, stir frequently or cover it with film “in contact” with the cream so that a crust does not form on top.

9. STEP 9

   

   While the custard part of the cream is cooling, let's make puff pastry. Roll out the dough into a rectangle about 3-4 mm thick.

10. STEP 10

    

    Cut the dough into strips about 1-2 cm wide.

11. STEP 11

    

    Loosely place the dough strips on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and place them in the oven to bake.

12. STEP 12

    

    Bake the sticks in an oven preheated to 190-200 C for about 20 minutes until golden brown. Remove the sticks from the pan and let them cool completely. Time and temperature are approximate, be guided by the operating characteristics of your oven.

13. STEP 13

    

    In the meantime, let's return to our cream. It should have cooled down by now. Its temperature should be about 30-40 C. Add soft butter to the custard in small portions.

14. STEP 14

    

    And beat it into the cream with a mixer. The end result should be a very delicate cream.

15. STEP 15

    

    Cover the finished cream with film so that it comes into contact with the surface of the cream and place it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, and if time permits, then for a couple of hours.

16. STEP 16

    

    Cut the completely cooled sticks to the same length. Place the trimmings and a couple of sticks aside - we will need them for sprinkling.

17. STEP 17

    

    Cover the work surface with cling film. Place a layer of sticks on top of it.

18. STEP 18

    

    Lubricate them with cooled cream. Don't skimp on the cream

19. STEP 19

    

    Place some of the sticks on top again. And also lubricate them with cream.

20. STEP 20

    

    And thus collect the cake from all the sticks.

21. STEP 21

    

    Helping yourself with cling film, roll the sticks into a tight roll.

22. STEP 22

    

    Place our cake in the refrigerator to soak for at least 4-5 hours, or better yet overnight.

23. STEP 23

    

    When the cake is soaked and cooled, remove it from the refrigerator and remove the film. Transfer it to a plate.

24. STEP 24

    

    Grind the previously set aside scraps and a couple of sticks into crumbs with your hands and sprinkle them on the cake on all sides.

25. STEP 25

    

    That's all! Our puff pastry log cake is ready at home!

26. STEP 26

    

    Cut it into portions and serve hot with aromatic tea, coffee or cocoa. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

06.09.2023

4.6

I've been wanting to make this cake for a long time, but I never got around to it. And then there were two sheets of dough left, I decided to take advantage of the moment. It’s easy and quick to bake the sticks, but they were probably too dry, too hard, or the dough was bad. I really love custard on yolks, it’s so tender and tasty, just super. I formed the log on cling film, then wrapped it in bags on both sides and secured it with rubber bands to ensure it retained its shape) As a result, the sticks absorbed almost all the cream and it turned out very similar to Napoleon. The cake is delicious and creamy. The sticks softened and were soaked in delicious vanilla cream. I crushed the crumbs in a blender, so it turned out fine. Wonderful cake!

Veronica

06.09.2023

4.5

I saved the recipe for this cake a long time ago and made it for New Year’s! Preparing the cake is not difficult. The longest part is baking the puff pastry strips. The strips do not fit on one baking sheet; I baked them twice. There was no need to trim the strips; they all turned out to be approximately the same length. For the topping I simply left two strips of dough. I baked the strips for the cake the day before preparing the cake, and the very next day I made the cream and assembled the cake. The cream is made quickly, the main thing is to constantly stir it so that nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan. The puff log is also quick to assemble; using cling film you can easily roll everything into a roll. The cake spent 8 hours in the refrigerator. I was very pleased with the result! Indeed, the cake is very similar to Napoleon. The dough is a little crispy, but at the same time soft and tender, the cream is creamy, very, very tasty. The family was happy! I'm glad I made this cake for New Year's. Thank you very much to the author for the recipe! I recommend the recipe. Here is my New Year's photo report, in the photo there is already half a cake)))

Mila_nik

06.09.2023

4.9

Ooo! it must be incredibly delicious

Bun

06.09.2023

4.6

Wow! Thanks for this recipe! I will treat my own! And you can try and do it my way

Esenija

06.09.2023

4.9

Irina is a very tasty cake, I made this one a long time ago

Ira

06.09.2023

4.7

Irisha, an excellent cake, it probably tastes like Napoleon, right? But in appearance - well, very original! And where did you find such a recipe! Super! In cross-section, it’s so cool. Prepares quickly and tasty. Thank you very much for the recipe!

lana

06.09.2023

4.7

Thank you, Irisha, for the recipe.