Today is my husband Ian’s birthday.
We’re actually celebrating with a night out.
But it’s just not a birthday without the birthday cake.
Stella and I have been slaving away.
We decided that this cake needed to be special.
Any ordinary cake simply would not do.
Ian’s favorite flavors are chocolate and raspberry, and because we are not big cake fans,
I wanted to try a crepe cake.
I’ve seen so many beautiful examples, and even though it seemed a daunting task, we were up for the challenge.
I started with a basic crepe recipe:
6 eggs
1 cup of milk
1/2 cup of cream
1/4 cup of sugar
1 tsp of vanilla
and to that I added 1/2 cup of cocoa powder
blend together and let sit while you heat the pan
brush your pan with just a bit of butter
try to pour a thin even layer (easier said than done)
this will make 20 crepes
Then, we made the raspberry sauce:
2 pints of raspberries
1/4 cup of sugar
juice from a lemon
1 tbsp of cornstarch
combine over medium heat and simmer for about 10 minutes
you can then strain (which we did not – who minds a few seeds)
Next, is the chocolate mousse layer:
whisk together 1 box of chocolate pudding with 11/2 cups of cold milk
then fold in 1/2 tub of whipped topping
Finally, the ganache:
1 cup of heavy cream
heated until tiny bubbles form (do not boil)
poured over 9 ounces of chopped chocolate
allow to sit for 1 minute
whisk until smooth
Assembly:
crepe
raspberry sauce
mousse
crepe
repeat
cover the entire cake in the ganache
add a few berries {just for decoration}
chill
it appears as if a bomb has leveled my kitchen, but this cake is SO worth the trouble; especially if you are a non-cake lover.
I’m off to date night ~
Enjoy!
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This crepe cake sounds just wonderful Heather. How many layers did you end up doing? I’m afraid I’d add too many and it would start to lean or get all misshapen.
we used all 20 crepes – I’ve seen some with as many as 40 – but 20 worked just fine
What a fun idea for a cake!
This is such a good alternative for a cake and looks every bit as festive! Have a great week!
OOH this looks SO good! Pinned
Oh wow! That looks like a daunting task but I’m sure it is so delicious!
That’s a beautiful cake! I hope you made Stella do the dishes, ha! I’ve been wanting to try a crepe cake forever, it seems so daunting, but now I really want to try it.
What an abolutely gorgeous cake! Your husband is very lucky, I wish someone would make this for me! I’ve never had a crepe cake, but I think I’m going to have to try this out!
This must have taken an incredible amount of patience! But, like you, I am not a great cake lover so this would be wonderful!!
What a yummy idea! I’ve never made crepes – they intimidate me.
Beautiful job.