Pancake Cake with Apples, Cinnamon and Pastry Cream
Warmest congratulations on the start of Maslenitsa! I am sharing a simple and incredibly delicious recipe. The dessert is filling and tender. Any nuts, fruits or berries can be used as a filling instead of apples. This amount of ingredients will be enough for 6-8 servings.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 6
- Recipe difficulty
- 4 / 5
Ingredients
for 6 servings
- pancakes 10-15
- apple 500 g
- butter 30 g
- sugar 1-2 tbsp
- cinnamon 1 tsp
- milk 500 ml
- sugar 150 g
- egg yolk 4
- flour 50 g
- vanilla bean
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Instructions
Step 1 of 18
Cut the vanilla bean and extract the seeds.
Step 2 of 18
Mix the egg yolks with sugar until smooth.
Step 3 of 18
Stir in the vanilla seeds.
Step 4 of 18
Add the flour and mix the mixture.
Step 5 of 18
Heat the milk until it boils.
Step 6 of 18
Slowly pour the hot milk into the egg yolks, stirring.
Step 7 of 18
Place the mixture on the stove.
Step 8 of 18
Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Leave to cool.
Step 9 of 18
Peel and core the apples, cut into cubes.
Step 10 of 18
Melt butter in a pan.
Step 11 of 18
Add the apples to the butter.
Step 12 of 18
Add sugar (you can add slightly more if using tart varieties). Stew under a lid over medium heat until soft (approximately 5–15 minutes, depending on the apple variety).
Step 13 of 18
Stir in the cinnamon and let cool.
Step 14 of 18
Spread a layer of cream on a pancake.
Step 15 of 18
Place a second pancake on top.
Step 16 of 18
Repeat the process of spreading cream and layering pancakes, etc.
Step 17 of 18
Also cover the last pancake with a layer of cream.
Step 18 of 18
Spread the apples on top. Place in the refrigerator for 3–4 hours.
