Puff pastry cakes: recipes

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Puff pastry is perfect for making pies with a wide variety of fillings. They can be unsweetened: with cabbage, meat, fish, potatoes, etc., and sweet: with jam, fruit, chocolate. If you decide to make a dessert for your home, then try making puff pastry cakes. Today we will teach you how to cook them.

Preparing the foundation

Many grocery stores sell puff pastry cakes. But you can spend quite a bit of time and cook a delicious dessert at home. What will be needed for this? First of all, puff pastry. You can buy it or make your own. Next, we will tell you how to do this. For puff pastry we need:

• one pack of margarine (you can take any);
• water - half a glass (preferably boiled at room temperature);
• wheat flour - two cups (it is best to sift it before use);
• granulated sugar - one teaspoon will be enough;
• s alt - one pinch.

Steps for making puff pastrytest:

1. Take a large cutting board and put the sifted wheat flour on it.
2. Margarine should be cut into small pieces and added to flour.
3. Take a knife and chop the margarine together with flour.
4. Take water and add a small amount of s alt and sugar to it, stir everything well. Pour into flour.
5. After kneading the dough, you need to put it in the refrigerator or in a cold place.
6. After twenty to thirty minutes, the dough should be rolled out and rolled up.
7. Then roll out and fold again. Do this up to seven times.
8. Preparing puff pastry at home is a rather laborious process, so it is best to buy it in stores.

If you are not going to cook right away, then you need to wrap the base for cakes and other pastries in a plastic bag. Next, we will look at some interesting recipes that will appeal to children and adults.

Puff pastry with cream

There are a large number of different desserts. Puff pastry cakes are a great option for a country picnic. They perfectly satisfy the feeling of hunger, besides they have a delicate taste. They can be made with apples, nuts, as well as cream. The last option is very easy to prepare. Especially if you bought puff pastry from the store. Cream cakes can help you make even kids.

Required products:

• egg whites - 3-4 pieces;
• sugar - one glass;
• vanillin- one teaspoon (if not, then you can not add).

Preparation of puff pastry with cream:

1. Take the eggs, wash them, carefully separate the whites from the yolks.
2. Pour the squirrels into a saucepan or a deep plate and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
3. Beat everything well with a mixer until a white foam is obtained.
4. Add a small amount of vanillin to the resulting mass.
5. Taking puff pastry out of the fridge.
6. Take one layer and cut off one part from it, roll it out.
7. Lubricated with protein cream.
8. Roll up and place on a buttered baking sheet.
9. Repeat the same until the pan is full. Be sure to leave a little space between the blanks, as they will increase in size in the oven.
10. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top.

Cooking time is twenty to twenty-five minutes.

Napoleon puff pastry cakes

It's hard to find a person who would never try this delicacy. Let's try to cook it at home. We will need the following set of products:

• puff pastry (you can buy at the store or make your own);
• butter - one pack;
• milk - two glasses;
• eggs - two or three pieces;
• if desired, you can add a little vanilla.

Start cooking:

1. The dough is already ready, so let's move on to the preparation of the cream.
2. Milk needs to be warmed up a little, and proteins should be separated fromyolks. We only need the yolks.
3. Get the butter out of the fridge beforehand, it should be softened.
4. Beat the yolks with sugar and vanilla.
5. Warm milk gradually pour into the resulting mass.
6. Put on medium heat and stir until it thickens.
7. After that, the mass must be cooled.
8. Then add butter and beat well.
9. Let's put the cream in the fridge to thicken it.
10. Bake some puff pastry cakes.
11. Lubricate each cake with the resulting cream.
12. Sprinkle nuts on top.
13. Bon appetit!

Helpful tips

To make any dish extraordinarily tasty, you need to know not only the cooking technology, but also some tricks. Despite the fact that puff pastry baking is quite simple to manufacture, it is worth paying attention to certain points. Next, we will tell you about them:

• Puff pastry should be kneaded well so that there are no lumps.
• In order to take the required amount of dough to make one cake, you must use a sharp knife. In no case do not tear off the dough in pieces, otherwise you will violate the technology of its preparation.
• If you add cinnamon, vanillin or lemon to the filling for cakes, it will acquire an amazing taste and aroma.
• When preparing puff pastry, all ingredients must be chilled.
• Onit is best to put parchment paper on a baking sheet and only then fold the sweet dessert being prepared.

Summing up

Recipes for puff pastry cakes are very diverse. We have listed only the most popular ones. You can also come up with your own cooking recipes that your family will appreciate.