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Mille crepe lemon cake

Bruno Albouze · ♥ 3.5K likes · 125.3K views · 4 min video

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Mille crepe lemon cake, from the video Makes 12
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Ingredients
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  • white chocolate
  • hot heavy cream
  • mascarpone
  • remaining heavy cream
Pour hot heavy cream over white chocolate, add the mascarpone, then the remaining heavy cream, chilled, and mix well.
Making the creme montee mascarpone
Chill the creme montee completely before whipping.
Trimming the crepes
  • poached lemons
Trim the crepe edges for a better look; save the scraps and let them dry for a crunchy praline.
  • lemon zest
Whip the creme montee mascarpone to soft peaks and add lemon zest.
Stack the crepes with a thin layer of mascarpone filling between each, adding poached lemons in some of the layers.
Stacking the crepe cake
Make a dry caramel, toss in toasted sprouted buckwheat, let cool and crush.
  • 1 recipe crepe recipe
  • sprouted buckwheat
Decorate the cake with poached lemons and the caramelized buckwheat.