Posted by: Swee | November 6, 2006

adults only

Hey, it’s nothing obscene ok! It says so in this month’s delicious magazine, so its not my fault.

Well, actually I ddin’t make this cake. My classmate made this in class a few days back just for fun. All I did was helped her stack the crepes. Haha. I thought that it might be good to just share the photos and recipe. Although you can just easily go out and get the magazine ey? I love delicious!

Chocolate crepe cake *gasp* I’m not kidding, am I ?

Crepe Recipe

1 2/3 cups flour ( 250g plain flour)
1 tbsp caster sugar
3 eggs, plus 3 egg yolks
600ml milk
40g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra melted butter to brush,

Chocolate & Espresso filling

250g good-quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
50g unsalted butter, chopped
150ml milk
100ml thickened cream
100ml strong black coffee (espresso)
1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar

Mix flour, sugar, eggs, yolks and milk in a blender or food processor until smooth, then pour into a jug and stand for 30 minutes. Just before cooking, stir 40g (2 tbsp) melted butter through the batter. Heat pan and brush with extra butter, add enough batter to coat base, swirl to cover, tip off any excess. Cook for 45 seconds, then flip and cook for 30 seconds more or until golden. Repeat with butter and remaining batter till you get abt 20 crepes, stacking with baking paper in between.

For the filling, melt the chocolate in a bain marie. Stir in butter, milk, cream, coffee and sugar, then whisk until mixture is smooth and sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, cover and set aside for 20-30 minutes until mixture cools and thickens. Lightly grease an 18cm springfrom pan. Place a crepe in pan and spread with a little filling. Continue layering, finishing with a crepe. There should be 1/3 cup filling left. Cover cake with foil and chilll for 1 hour. When set, remove springform pan and pour remaining chocolate filling and top with cream.

Yum. If I ever make this cake, I guess I probably will skip the espresso :P

Kudos to Toffee!


Responses

  1. Oohh just gorgeous! I saw this on the cover of Delicious and it convinced me to buy it. I can’t wait ot try this for myself.

  2. Waow, that looks dirty to please!!! Gorgeous…

  3. So Sinful!! Can’t wait to try this.

  4. That was quick, I was just going to start looking for a crepe pan after I bought the mag on Sunday! definitely a must make cake.

  5. goodness….
    sooooo tempting!

  6. all i can say is
    i wan! i wan! i wan!!!
    ;P

  7. that is so gorgeous!! I’ve never had a crepe cake (or real crepes at all even) but this looks so delicious!

  8. wah ini cake very the sinful hahaha

  9. Ooh! This is almost a classic Hungarian dessert, actually – all it’s missing are layers of jam and ground walnuts and such between the layers of crepes, too.

  10. Jen : you ought to buy it ;)

    Rosa: and messy as well :P

    Abena : yeah, you can try with some different flavours as well

    Boo : don’t really need a crepe-pan. as long as it’s flat based, then it shoud be fine. and non-stick *tsk*

    mei : haha yea, i know

    christin : em.. wait lah till i go back m’sia ;)

    Alicat : Oh you shuould try making crepes and just fill it with cheese, ham and tomato with some sweet chilli sauce. YUM! of course, wrap it up as well ;)

    Jazz : not as sinful as some others Ive made

    Danielle : Oh, Hungarian dessert ? wow, that’s cool. I shall google that, any particular name for it ? But I guess it would be very very thick since there’s additional jam and walnuts ?

  11. [...] Chocolate Crepe Gateau, I was tempted to make one. Well, actually I’ve sorta helped to make a crepe cake before but not myself. AND I just wanted to stand infront of the stove pouring crepe mixture, [...]

  12. the uncut presentation looks like it has a lonely eye tearing up. this is a piece of art. thank you for capturing it. the cake looks utterly delicious too!

  13. the “lonely eye” is in the center of the top of the cake, by the way.

  14. Looks nastily good!!! =)


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