Baking Quest: Mille Crêpe

* Note: never did use the oven for this.. still !! (._. )

The new sweets craze of 2013 appears to be Mille Crêpe. A layered cake (yes, it's a cake) made by alternating layers of crêpe with fillings such as light pastry cream. I have always wanted to have a go at making one ever since I watched 夢色パティシエール (Yumeiro Patissiere).. It's an anime where the main character, Amano Ichigo, made a mille crêpe in the first episode. It looked so good! But back then, I was lacking in my baking skills, confidence, and most importantly.. guts.

Before I saw the news article about mille crêpes, I had my homework all done. So I was armed. Yet, I still needed one last push. & that's where the article came in. Then I starting itching to make them mille crêpes. *grins*

here's my 1st attempt. I call it the mille flop.
recipe adapted from theKitchn - Sweet Crêpe Batter
*note I didn't use any beer

check out my first beautiful success!
recipe adpted from A Baked Creation - Mille Crêpes Cake

the stack is growing beautifully! *cheers*

Something wasn't right with the first batter. Probably because I didn't use any beer although the recipe called for some. It was just a trial run though. The smallest recipe that I felt was safe enough to test my skills with. I tried a bigger recipe the next day. Just in case I make mistakes, I'll be sure of getting enough 'good-enough' crêpes to use for my mille crêpe. hehe! Sure enough, the recipe churned out 26 pretty crêpes, not including those that flopped and those that ended up in people's tummies. Namely mine. heh~

the crêpes all packed in a ziplock back, on the way to Jer's place.

I didn't make the pastry cream filling at home. The cake was for Jer to bring to his workplace the next day (which is today), for his colleagues to feast on. So I made the filling and assembled the cake over at his place instead.

voilà ! My first mille crêpe (cake) ! *love love*
Pardon the poor quality photos.. (>.< )

After leaving the cake in the fridge for a while.. say about 30 minutes, I had to head home.. So I decided to give it a slice before going.

Vanilla Mille Crêpe

HAHAHAHAHA!
*mouseover to find out why. hehe

& earlier this morning.. with the cake left in the fridge overnight, Jer sliced them up and packed them for transport.

As for feedback.. It would appear that.. everyone loved it! Yay! *insert cheers & hurrahs* I shall attempt a strawberry.. or green tea.. maybe even oreo flavored mille crêpe. Before that.. maybe some bread.. *smiles*



layers of goodness.. yum ~