We’ll generously fill each layer with said filling and let it rest for at least 5 hours, or preferably overnight. The technique is rather strange, but it yields the most delicious, silky smooth filling. Ok, this sweet cream filling is what really makes this cake.

And once the pastry layers are baked and cooled, we will trim the edges to form perfect circle. We’ll bake each layer separately in a hot oven for a few minutes. Resting the dough in the fridge helps us to easily roll it out into nice and thin circle. It’s actually desirable for ultra-flaky layers. It’s ok to have a small pea-size butter pieces here and there. Just like making a pie crust, we’ll incorporate cold butter into the flour and mix it with egg mixture until nice dough forms. We’ll start with making buttery, flaky pastry layers. So I took the opportunity to re-shoot the photos and re-share the recipe with you again. Last month, my mom made this cake for me, when she was here to help me with my newborn. Her recipes are short and not as detailed, much like the one your grandma would’ve passed down. You know, the old and worn-kind, filled with lots of handwritten recipes, mostly Russian sweets and treats. This recipe is right from my mom’s oldest recipe notebook. It’s rich, buttery and oh-so-delicious! Best paired with a cup of tea without sugar. The cake consists of five flaky, buttery pastry layers with sweet buttercream filling. I don’t bake this cake as often as I should though, but it’s definitely one of my top favorites. One bite of this cake sends me right back to my happy childhood! It’s her signature cake, if you will, and we absolutely loved it.

Among many sweet treats, she used to bake this particular cake quite often, for us, for friends, and for coworkers.

You see, my mom is a talented baker, and I think I got the love for baking from her. I can’t imagine my childhood without this cake called “Napoleon”. Read full disclosure.īuttery, flaky pastry layers generously filled with sweet cream filling…This Russian cake “Napoleon” is the sweetest taste from my childhood.

Napoleon cake nyc