Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins
Servings 3 stacks
These mini crepe cakes are delicate, layered desserts featuring paper-thin crepes filled with tangy lemon curd, sweet raspberry sauce, and whipped cream. Perfect for brunch, parties, or special occasions!
CREPES
- 1 egg room temperature
- 125 g whole milk
- 15 g sugar
- Pinch salt
- 12 g butter melted and slightly cooled
- 50 g flour sifted
- 25 g unsalted butter cubed
FILLINGS
- 2.5 cups frozen raspberries
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ lemon juiced
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 4 ½ tsp powdered sugar sifted
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- lemon curd see notes for recipe
CREPES
In a bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, sugar, and salt until no more bits of egg whites are floating around
Slowly stream melted butter into the egg mixture, whisking constantly
Add in all the sifted flour and whisk until just combined. Don’t over-whisk, you want a nice loose batter (not thick like pancakes).
Cover and let sit on the counter for 30 minutes or in the fridge overnight
Place a non-stick frying pan over medium heat and add a piece of the 25g butter and swirl around until the pan is nicely coated
Add a decent spoonful of batter into the pan and quickly swirl around until it coats the bottom of the pan in a nice, thin, even layer. Don’t pour too much batter into the pan otherwise, you will have a thicker crepe. You want these to be paper thin.
Look for no wet batter on top and then using a pallet knife, check to make sure the underneath looks golden brown before folding it in half and removing it from the pan.
Unfold onto a clean plate to cool.
Repeat until all batter is used. If you make crepes about six inches wide, you should get around eight crepes.
Once crepes have time to cool, stack them evenly one on top of the other.
Using your cutter, press down evenly to cut three sets of eight stacks of crepes.
Peel each layer apart and place onto a plate
RASPBERRY SAUCE
Place frozen raspberries in a pot over low heat. Stir until softened and juices begin to release.
Pour in your sugar and lemon juice, and stir to combine. Continue stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
Remove from heat and pour into a tall container (that your immersion blender can fit all the way to the bottom). Using your immersion blender, pulse until the mixture is mostly pulpy with no chunks.
Pour the mixture into a bowl through a fine-mesh strainer, scraping the bottom of the container to grab any excess sauce.
Store airtight in the fridge for 1-2 weeks, and in the freezer for up to 6 months.
LEMON CURD
Make this recipe for homemade lemon curd, just cut it in half (unless you need a lot of lemon curd). You will still have some leftover, just store it in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.
ASSEMBLY
Going layer by layer, place one of your cut crepe circles on a plate, add a layer of lemon curd, and smooth out, leaving a lip of space around the edge to avoid runoff. Add another crepe circle followed by a layer of raspberry sauce. Add another crepe circle followed by whipped cream. Repeat until all crepes have been used. Top with a layer of whipped cream.
*You can easily make your own homemade lemon curd or buy it from the store already made.
*Make sure that your frying pan is nonstick. I have yet to see success with a regular pan, not to mention it’s just a hell of a lot easier to make these in a nonstick. The batter and resulting crepe are paper-thin, and personally, I don’t want to be scraping crepe dough from my pan after each one.
*While you can use a mixer (standing or hand), be very careful not to overbeat your cream. You can’t come back from that. Over-beaten cream has a greasy flavor to it because the fats have started to solidify as you whip. Aka it’s not whipped cream and it’s not butter, it’s no bueno.
*If you are placing your whipped cream in a piping bag, note that the pressure of squeezing the bag will also thicken the cream. If using a piping bag, I recommend whipping the cream slightly less and letting it thicken the remainder of the way in the bag.