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
Ingredients
Scale
Crepes
480 ml (2 cups) Milk
90 g (¾ cup) Plain flour
60 g (1/2 cup) Cornstarch
65 g (⅓ cup) Granulated sugar
6 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
Instructions
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