Then last thursday a supplier came visiting with a whole Mille Crepe Cake! it was the most heavenly cake i have ever tasted...the vanilla cream with the cake was simply simply excellent. So besides managing to stuff myself with not 1 portion of it but 2! i also thought bf would probably love to try this cake.
So i googled the recipe and everyone seems to have the SAME RECIPE! so i guess it didnt matter whom or where i took it from, (Mille Feuille Crêpes Cake recipe: Batter adapted from "Joy of Cooking", pastry cream adapted from "Desserts" by Pierre Herme).
so anyway i started studying the recipe. its not complicated but its something that requires ALOT OF PATIENCE.. i mean no kidding! ALOT OF PATIENCE! so i came up with a plan which was day 1, make the vanilla custard and the batter for the crepe, day 2, cook the crepe batter, day 3 assemble the cake.
day 1, i think overall the custard was the most challenging...why? well the recipe calls to whisk vigorously for 1-2 minutes at the end but didnt indicate how long it was spose to cooking for...sigh..in the end i panicked and lifted up the pot. the consistency was horibbly and was tempted to throw it away then i thought i might as well try and sieve it to see what hapens right? voila! it sieve very well and the cream bcame smoother. then (without a termometer, bcos i cant find one!) i added in the cubed butter and stir it till butter is fully melted. it again improved the texture! so after a few taste test i thought it was delicious enough and jst refrigerate it. then i made the crepe batter. it says to cook butter till it turned hazelnut brown..erm..i think i havent a clue what hazelnut color is so it bcame like a dark maple syrup color...so again i took my chances and did the batter anyway...i guess the finished product will determine if i made the right choice or not :P
Day 2, i was nervous the whole day at work today...simply bcos i think i am out of practice from making crepe. i wished all those times when bf was making crepe i was there to watch and help...sigh...anyway my game plan for the day is do the 1st test as the book says, use 3 tablespoon of batter each time. bad idea bcos it didnt cover the whole pan and i was impatient so i flipped it before its cooked :( so i did 1 bad one. so next i lower the heat to the minimum and use 1/4 cup per pan and it worked perfectly! only thing was it took me 10minutes for each batter to cook well since i was too afraid to burn that thin morsel of a crepe. 2nd crepe onwards it was smooth sailing all the way! only thing was i was to be kitchen bound for 3hours +! i know i am not spose to complain but while i was googling the recipe online i notice there are some bakeries that specializez in Mille Crepe cake...my goodness how on earth does the chef do it?! in between waiting for the crepe to cook over the pan and watching it doesnt burn...the amount of patience that is required. its ridiculous! i was lucky to have Cleo the cat keeping me entertained the whole night. I think the smell of the crepe was getting her intoxicated..hehhe
Day 3, assemble day..what can possibly go wrong? hmmm...my vanilla custard wont mix well with the whipped cream? my whipped cream curdle (like the last time i made lemon cream!)? my crepe sticking to the grease proof paper? 50% of my crepe tearing or breaking to bits? ok so i am freaking myself out. but with such amateurist hand for making cakes ( i want my Mommy!!) you cant blame me right? i still wonder why i do these things only to be freaked out again n again n again. the amount of frustration i get when things goes wrong reli spoils my day! Well in the end my whipping cream turn out beautifully and mixed smoothly with the vanilla custard...testing it in the end...the taste was just heavenly!
it took me alot of strenght not to lick the spatula while spreading it on each crepe...sigh...
so the mille crepe cake wasnt much of a looker...it was lopsided...but i guess whats important in the end is the taste right? the bf was just amazed that the cake took 3 days..he did asked if it was nessesary...i did wish it WASNT nessesary! who on earth would want to do such a thing on purpose??!!! anyway he did enjoyed the cake alot...so thats whats important!!...wink WINK **
The Cake
Cleo waiting for food!
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