It's sweet, it's fluffy, it's delicious. It's almost as unhealthy as a bowl of butter, sugar and liquid fat, but once in a while - it's totally worth it. Also, it depends which kind you end up buying or making. The vegan edition is somewhat healthier, and judging by the ingredients of one recipe I found, it sounds delicious and not so different from the non-vegan kind.
This recipe isn't vegan, tho.
I will make the vegan version once, and most likely post it, but this time it's the OG version.
I was out for 3 hours yesterday, painting some patio furniture. For the first hour or so, I listened to Andrea Bocelli. Then, for the last hour, I listened to a yoga master, Balakhilya das, in a session of questions and answers. I'd listened to him the weekend before, when he held a session on how to overcome anger and frustration (which I will mention in a later post).
When suddenly the beautiful, creamy thought popped up in my head - why not treat myself with Napoleon Cake?
Apparently, I'm not the chef I thought I was
It started off like this. Even tho I stabbed the puff pastry sheets all over the place - it didn't help. They even got bigger
And so I improvised
And then I improved. Even tho I should've placed another sheet of baking paper between the puff pastry and second baking tray. But you live and you learn, right?
But then this happend - lumps. Everywhere. And it was too liquidy. But even then, I still had hope
The strawberries helped. Only by making the picture better, but still
Servings: 1. Or 8
Time: 15min prep + 20 min in the oven + a few hours in the fridge
4 frozen puff pastry sheets
4 tsp agar agar or pectin (mixed with a few tbsp water)
5 dl vanilla pastry cream
3 dl heavy cream
2-3 dl icing sugar
2 tbsp water
Enjoy.
There are no health benefits from eating this cake, except that it's good for your soul - in moderate amounts, of course.
A wise man once told me that a fool learns from his own mistakes, while a wise one learns from the mistakes of others.
