Strawberry Crepe Cake
Layers of paper-thin crepes, vanilla whipped cream, and freshly sliced strawberries to create a stunning strawberry crepe cake aka mille crepe.
- Author: Catherine Zhang
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: 1 x 8-inch cake 1x
- Category: Cake
- Method: Intermediate
- Cuisine: French
Crepes
- 480Â ml (2 cups) Milk
- 90 g (¾ cup) Plain flour
- 60 g (1/2 cup) Cornstarch
- 65 g (⅓ cup) Granulated sugar
- 6Â Large eggs
- 30 g (2 tbsp) Unsalted butter, melted
- Vegetable oil
Whipped Cream
- 900ml (3 ¾ cups) Thickened/Heavy cream
- 150g (¾ cup) White sugar
-
2 tsp Vanilla extract
Assembly
- 1 Punnet Fresh strawberries
Crepe
- Combine the milk, flour, cornstarch, sugar, eggs and melted butter in a blender and blend until smooth
- Pour the mixture through a fine-meshed sieve into a large bowl
- Heat a little vegetable oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-low heat, and wipe the excess oil with a paper towel
- Pour a ¼ cup of crepe batter, while swirling, to coat the bottom of the pan
- Heat gently until the surface becomes matte, then flip with a spatula and cook for 10 seconds
- Repeat with the remaining batter
- Allow the stack of crepes to come to room temperature
Whipped Cream
- Place cream and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment or a large bowl with an electric mixer, and whip for 3-4 mins until stiff peaks
- Place in the fridge until ready to use
Assembly
- Select 3-4 perfect strawberries and thinly slice the rest
- Build the cake on a large plate or cake board (it can be difficult to move around if not)
- Lay one crepe on the board/plate and spread a thin layer of cream over the crepe, top with another layer of crepe
- Repeat with 4 layers of crepe, then spread a thin layer of cream over the top crepe
- Arrange the sliced strawberries on top the cream, top with another thin layer of cream and top with a crepe
- Continue to layer another 4 crepes, alternating with layers of cream before arranging another layer of strawberries, cream and crepe
- Continue the process until all the crepes have been used
- Top the cake with swirls of whipped cream and garnish with the remaining strawberries
- Place the cake in the fridge to set for a minimum of 1 hour before serving
- Slice and serve!
Keywords: crepe cake, mille crepe, gateaux de crepes, patisserie