Napoleon is a famous cake that is not exactly easy to prepare. First you need to knead the dough, then cool it, then roll it out, bake it, cut it. In addition, you still need to make a cream, lubricate it all, lay it out, soak it and decorate it. All this takes so long, but there is a simpler option with “ear” cookies.
Cake Napoleon from ears - general principles of preparation
Usha cookies are made from puff pastry with sugar; they are crispy, tasty, and usually have the shape of hearts. But we also resemble bunny ears, which is why it got such a funny name. Puff pastry is sold in the store, it can be by weight or packaged, you can choose any option. It is noteworthy that the “ears” are very light; half a kilogram is enough for a medium-sized cake.
Cream in a classic custard cake. And it goes perfectly with ready-made puff pastry cakes. It is cooked in milk with eggs and starch, often replaced with flour. Vanillin and butter are additionally added.
What other creams can you use:
Sour cream;
Creamy;
From condensed milk.
The choice is influenced by the availability of products and free time. It is not always available for cooking or whipping; sometimes you need to wait for it to cool completely.
The improvised Napoleon cake is always assembled in deep molds or in bowls. It’s very difficult to just lay the ears evenly, the cookies are small, they spread and crumble. Since it is dry in itself, there is no need to skimp on the cream, let there be a lot of it. Like any other version of Napoleon, this cake will need to sit. In 8-10 hours it will be well soaked, “settle”, it can be cut into pieces and served.
Cake Napoleon from ears with custard
This is an almost classic Napoleon cake recipe, but made from ears. The cream is prepared as a real custard with milk; eggs and flour are added to it, which can be replaced with starch. You can increase the amount of butter, as some people like richer versions of this cake.
Ingredients
600 g “ear” cookies;
500 ml milk;
120 g butter;
3 tablespoons flour;
A pair of eggs;
A glass of sugar;
Vanillin.
Cooking method
1. Mix vanillin, flour and granulated sugar in a small saucepan. Separate the yolks, add one at a time, start stirring with a whisk, gradually adding milk. Once the mixture is brought to homogeneity, you can put the cream on the stove. We begin to heat it up. We don't stop stirring.
2. The mass will begin to thicken at the bottom. As soon as it looks like liquid semolina porridge and the first bubbles appear on the surface, you can remove the stove. The cream will thicken further as it cools. Cool, add softened butter, beat thoroughly with a mixer.
3. For Napoleon, take a springform pan or a bowl; in the first case, you don’t have to cover it; in the second case, we lay out a layer of cling film from the inside or carefully line it with parchment.
4. Lay out layers of cookie ears, generously coat with custard. We put the leftovers in the refrigerator. We also put the cake in it to soak. It is advisable to withstand twelve hours, for example, all night.
5. Remove the cake from the mold. Cover with remaining cream. Grind a few cookies or take ear crumbs from a bag. Sprinkle the top of the Napoleon cake and also decorate the sides.
Napoleon cake made from “ear” cookies with sour cream
This version of the Napoleon cake is made from “ear” cookies with sour cream. Due to the slight sourness of the product, it turns out incredibly tasty and interesting. In addition, sour cream soaks any cake very well, and its preparation takes no more than three minutes.
Ingredients
0.5 kg ears;
0.6 kg sour cream;
0.16 kg sugar;
Cooking method
1. Prepare quick cream. Just combine sour cream with sugar and vanilla. Better yet, take a mixer and beat for a few minutes. It is important to take a sufficiently thick and fatty product, then you will get a good cream. But you also need to carefully beat thick sour cream, it can easily become butter.
2. Place cookies in layers in a suitable form. Broken parts can be stuffed into voids. Spread with sour cream and repeat until the ingredients are gone. Let the cake soak for at least five hours.
3. We take out an improvised Napoleon. Lubricate with the remaining cream, decorate with cookie crumbs or any other way.
Cake Napoleon from ears with condensed milk
To prepare such a cake you need two types of condensed milk. The main cream is made from white milk with butter and vanilla. The second cream will be used for decoration; it will require a little boiled condensed milk.
Ingredients
400 ml white condensed milk;
150 g boiled condensed milk;
250 g butter;
Vanilla bag;
450-500 g of cookies.
Cooking method
1. Prepare the cream. The oil for it must be removed from the refrigerator in advance. It is advisable to even cut it into pieces so that it softens faster. Then put it in a bowl and beat for about five minutes at high speed with a mixer. Set aside two full tablespoons. The mixture should become white, fluffy, and somewhat reminiscent of whipped cream.
2. Start pouring boiled condensed milk into the remaining oil in a thin stream. We continue to beat. Has the cream become homogeneous? Add vanilla and after a few seconds turn off the mixer.
3. Lay out layers of “ear” cookies, coat with white condensed milk cream, cover and place in the refrigerator for at least five hours.
4. Immediately beat the previously set aside butter with boiled condensed milk. Place the cream in the refrigerator.
5. Remove the cake from the mold. Coat it on top and sides with boiled condensed milk cream. Level the cake and fill in the voids. Grind several ears until they are not very fine crumbs. Sprinkle the sides and top. But you can decorate such a cake with cream flowers and grated chocolate.
Cake Napoleon from cookies ears with nuts
A variation of a delicious and very aromatic ear cake. For Napoleon you can use walnuts, it turns out delicious, but you can also use cheaper peanuts.
Ingredients
600 ml milk;
3 yolks;
180 g nuts;
200 g butter;
500 g cookies;
2 tablespoons starch;
1 tbsp. Sahara.
Cooking method
1. Since the custard will need time to cool, we start with it. Beat the yolks and sugar with starch, pour in milk, and place on the stove in a non-stick saucepan. Cook until the mixture thickens. Add half the oil, dissolve and cool. Then add the second part of the softened butter and beat a little.
2. Pour the nuts onto the stove and fry a little. Then cool, place on a board, roll with a rolling pin to chop, but not to the point of flour.
3. Grease the layers of cookies, lightly sprinkle with nuts, place and remove to soak.
4. Grind 5-6 cookies, mix with nuts. Remove the soaked cake from the mold, grease with the remaining cream, and cover with a mixture of nuts and cookies.
Napoleon cake made from “ear” cookies with sour cream and condensed milk
Another simple version of cream for a lazy Napoleon cake. The ears themselves contain a lot of fat, so the coating is prepared without adding oil. You can place thin slices of banana between the layers of cookies in this cake.
Ingredients
400 g sour cream;
300 g condensed milk;
1 tbsp. l. vanilla sugar;
500 g ears.
Cooking method
1. Whisk the sour cream, add condensed milk and vanilla sugar. The cream should not turn out liquid; we use thick ingredients.
2. Lay out the finished cookies in layers, grease them, try to place them tightly so that there are fewer voids.
3. Cover the mold or bowl and put it in the refrigerator to soak. Then take it out and decorate with crushed cookies.
Cake Napoleon from ears with chocolate cream
A variation of the lazy cake with chocolate custard. It is also prepared from milk with the addition of cocoa. Additionally, you will need one chocolate bar for sprinkling and decoration.
Ingredients
700 ml milk;
130 g butter;
210 g sugar;
600 g ears;
3 yolks;
2 tablespoons flour;
3 spoons of cocoa;
90 g chocolate.
Cooking method
1. Mix two full spoons of flour with cocoa powder and granulated sugar. Separate the yolks, add to the future cream, grind and add milk. Let the mixture brew on the stove. Heat and stir constantly.
2. As soon as bubbles appear, remove the pan from the heat. Add chopped butter to the hot and thickened cream. Stir until they are completely dissolved. Cool the chocolate cream.
3. In the mold, assemble the cake in layers, coating the “ear” cookies with the prepared chocolate cream. Place in the refrigerator for seven hours.
4. Remove Napoleon from the mold. It is advisable to lubricate it well. Grind the cookies. Sprinkle the sides of the cake.
5. Grate half the chocolate and cover the top of the cake with shavings. Cut the remaining pieces into small cubes and scatter them in random order.
When adding a large amount of butter to the cream, it is advisable to beat the product separately until well foamed. In this case, nothing will leak, the taste will improve, the mass will be airy, and the high fat content will not be felt.
If you don't have cookies to sprinkle on top and sides of the cake, you can use nuts, cocoa powder, coconut flakes and even toasted sesame seeds. You can find an alternative in any kitchen.
If there is not enough time to soak the cake, you can first hold it for a couple of hours at room temperature and then cool it.
If there is no cream left, after removing the cake from the mold, you can grease it with regular condensed milk or sour cream
We prepare a lazy Napoleon cake from ear cookies according to a step-by-step photo recipe.
In our fast-paced age, sometimes there is not enough time to prepare even the simplest dishes, not to mention masterpieces. Therefore, so-called “lazy recipes”, which can be prepared quickly and with the least amount of labor, are increasingly becoming part of the culinary fashion. But, the most difficult thing is the lack of time with baking. And I really want to enjoy the delicacies we have known since childhood. “Prague” and, of course, “Napoleon” deserved special fame and recognition. This is the recipe for the latter that we want to offer you. But not the classic one, consisting of many cake layers, but the lazy one, the basis of which is puff pastry with the funny name “Ears”. The cake is soaked with delicate and aromatic custard. And the taste of “sloth” is absolutely no different from its famous relative.
Cooking time: 40 min.
Number of servings: 10 – 12
Products
Puff pastry “Ears” -1 kg
milk 3.2% fat – 1 l
chicken egg – 3 pcs.
granulated sugar – 200 g
butter – 150 g
wheat flour – 6 tbsp. l.
vanillin - to taste.
Step-by-step recipe for lazy Napoleon
Let's prepare the food
Remove the butter from the refrigerator.
Sift the flour through a sieve. Make sure to do this: after all, you don’t need pieces of starch, threads, or, for good measure, flour bugs in the cream. 
The most important thing in our instructions is this. That's what we'll do. Pour 0.5 liters of cold milk into a 1 liter saucepan and beat in the eggs. 
Beat with a whisk or mixer. 
Add granulated sugar. 
Add vanilla. Whisk. 
Without stopping whisking, add flour in small portions. Be sure to make sure there are no lumps. 
Pour the remaining milk into a 2-liter saucepan. Place on the fire and bring to a boil. 
While the milk is boiling, add the egg-milk mixture in a thin stream, stirring constantly. 
Cook over low heat after boiling for 5-7 minutes. The mixture should thicken. Tip: To prevent the cream from sticking to the bottom or, worse, from burning, place a flame spreader under the pan. 
Remove the pan from the heat and cool the resulting mixture.
Place the softened butter in a bowl and beat first at low and then at maximum mixer speed. The butter should become fluffy and very light in color. 
Add the butter little by little to the cooled mixture, beating well each time after adding another portion.
The custard is ready. You can start assembling the cake. 
Place the cookies on a large flat plate in the shape of a square. Make sure there are no voids: break the cookies into small pieces and insert them into the empty spaces. 
Generously coat the cookie layer with cream. 
Lay out the remaining layers of the cake in the same way. From 1 kg of cookies you get 5-6 layers. 
Coat the sides of Napoleon with cream.
Grind several cookies in a blender into not too fine crumbs. Sprinkle over the cake.
The most delicious Napoleon according to the lazy recipe is ready. Place it in the refrigerator for several hours to soak. Then divide into portions. Serve the lazy Napoleon cake to the table, treat your household and dear guests.
You can already feel the approach of the Christmas holidays. People are starting to stock up on food for the New Year's table. And you probably want to please your family and friends with something tasty, filling and sweet? For example, a cake or a pie. However, you don't want to spend a lot of time preparing the dessert. In our article you will find several no-bake options that are quick and easy to prepare.
Ingredients for Napoleon
Cake from is a great alternative to everyone’s familiar and favorite dessert. If preparing a classic cake takes a lot of time, then from “Ears” it is made in literally half an hour. For it you will need the following ingredients:
- Base - "Ears" cookies - 1 kilogram.
- Milk with fat content from 3.5% - 1 liter.
- Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
- Sifted flour - 200 g.
- Sugar 1.5 -2 cups (to taste, depending on how sweet you want the cake to be).
Preparing the cream
“Napoleon” is prepared from puff pastry and delicate custard. We are sure that in childhood none of you remained indifferent to such a tasty delicacy. We present for you a simple and step-by-step recipe for “Ears” cookie cake with custard:
- First you need to pour the milk (not all, 900 ml) into a saucepan and then put it on the stove over low heat. Pour sugar into it and stir until it dissolves.
- Next, you will need to mix wheat flour and eggs, adding a little milk (100 ml).
- After the milk comes to a boil, add the egg mixture. Don't forget to stir constantly.
- When the cream boils a second time, remove it from the heat and leave to cool. The mass should be thick and homogeneous.
Forming a cake
The Napoleon cake made from Ushki cookies is no worse in taste than the original. This is a delicate and airy dessert that any guest in your home will love. “Napoleon” is formed in several layers:
- First you need to prepare a deep cake pan.
- The bottom of the container needs to be greased with a little cream so that the cookies are well soaked and soft. Then we lay out the first row and the sides.
- Next, grease the top of the layer well with cream and place a new row. We carry out this procedure until we form our cake.
- Each row must be compacted a little using light pressure from a spoon.
- When you are finished cooking, you need to crush the cookies and crumble them on top. You can also sprinkle chocolate chips on the cake.
- Then we put the dessert in the refrigerator for several hours to soak it.
As a result, the no-bake cake should turn out very juicy, smooth, spicy and tender. It will undoubtedly whet everyone's appetite.
Cookie cake "Ears" (no baking) with sour cream
A high-calorie and filling cake called “Ushastik” is perfect for any holiday, like New Year, for example. The basis of the dessert will be puff pastry, and the cream is made from rich and tasty sour cream. For this you need to stock up on the following products:
- Cookies "Ears".
- Butter - 180 g.
- Milk - 800 ml.
- Fresh cottage cheese - 100 g.
- Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
- Sifted wheat flour - 6 tbsp. l.
- Sour cream with a fat content of 25%.
- A packet of vanilla.
- Sugar to taste, but approximately 190 g.
- Milk chocolate.
Recipe
Preparing "Ushastik" is not difficult. But in the end we get a tender, creamy, flaky cake. It will taste somewhat like Napoleon. But their main difference is that “Ushastik” is more filling and high-calorie. Below is a recipe for a cake made from Ushki cookies without baking:
- First of all, you need to prepare the filling for the dessert. Eggs should be mixed with sugar and vanilla, beat with a whisk or blender until foam forms.
- Next you need to heat up the milk.
- While the milk is heating, add wheat flour to the eggs and mix thoroughly.
- Then add warm milk and butter to the mixture and continue whisking.
- Afterwards, you need to put the cream to simmer on low heat for about 5-10 minutes.
- Next, you should send the mass to a cold place for a few minutes to cool down.
- You need to melt the milk chocolate in a water bath.
- Then add sour cream and cottage cheese, melted chocolate to the cream. It is important to mix the entire consistency well. The mixture should be thick and homogeneous without lumps.
- Let's start decorating the cake. First you need to lay out a row of cookies, then coat them well with chocolate and sour cream.
- And so each layer should be lubricated.
- At the end of cooking, the cake should be placed in a cool place for a couple of hours.
- You can decorate the top however you like. For example, whipped cream, which will make it even more tasty and tender.
- When the cake hardens, it will be easy to cut into pieces.
Layer cake with bananas. Ingredients
A no-bake “Ears” cookie cake with condensed milk and bananas will give you a delicate heavenly pleasure with its taste. To prepare you need to buy:
- Bananas - 4 pcs.
- Puff pastry - 700 g.
- Sour cream with a fat content of 15% - 350 g.
- Condensed milk.
- A bar of milk chocolate.
- Sugar - 220 g.
- Walnuts for decoration.
Cookie cake recipe "Ears"
This dessert is a fruity treat for the whole family. In addition, you won’t spend a lot of time and effort on cooking it.
- First, you will need to add sugar to the sour cream.
- The sour cream mixture must be thoroughly mixed until the sugar is completely dissolved in it.
- Then you should add boiled condensed milk to the mass. The entire consistency must be beaten well with a whisk.
- Next, you need to peel the bananas and cut them into slices.
- Then we begin to form our dessert. First, lay out the puff pastry, bananas on top, and then pour the buttercream on top. The same should be done with the next layer.
- When the cake is finished, you need to melt a bar of milk chocolate and coat the cake on all sides with the resulting mixture.
- Walnuts must be chopped and sprinkled on top as decoration for the product.
- Then the dessert goes into the refrigerator overnight to soak well and harden.
How to make your own puff pastry
Some housewives believe that making puff pastry at home is very difficult. However, we will refute this common rumor and tell you a step-by-step recipe. In addition, the dough can then be used as a base for the cake. You can also use it to make simple “Ears” cookies. Ingredients:
- Sifted premium flour - 3 cups.
- Egg.
- Sugar - 2 tbsp.
- Dry yeast (half a teaspoon).
- Butter - 120 g.
- Milk - 100 ml.
- Vegetable oil - 3 tbsp.
- First you need to add dry yeast and half a teaspoon of sugar and mix.
- Next, you should wait until the foam appears, and then add the rest of the sugar and beat in the chicken egg. Leave the mixture for 20 minutes.
- Then we start preparing the dough. It is necessary to form a depression in the flour, pour vegetable oil, yeast liquid and milk into it.
- Then we start kneading the dough. Then you should leave it for 2 hours, covered with a towel. It should fit a little.
- Roll out the dough and place warm butter in the middle.
- The dough should be formed into an envelope, closing the edges with butter. And then roll it out using a rolling pin.
- This procedure must be done several times. Remember that the more layers of dough you make, the softer and fluffier it will be.
You can store the puff pastry in the refrigerator or cool place for several days. The main condition is to wrap it tightly with cling film. And if you put it in the freezer, you can use it at any time.
Making "Ears" cookies at home
You can prepare “Ears” yourself. To do this, you can purchase special puff pastry in the store or make it yourself. Products:
- Sugar - 100 g.
- Pre-prepared puff pastry - 500 g.
- Butter.
- A little flour (approximately 100 g).
- First of all, you need to prepare the surface before cooking - sprinkle with flour.
- Then you should put the dough on it. It needs to be rolled out into a thin layer with a rolling pin.
- Next, you need to evenly distribute the sugar over it. The dough should be folded in half and rolled out again.
- Then sprinkle sugar on top and wrap the ends of the dough into two equal rolls.
- You will also need to cut the tubes into equal pieces and lightly flatten them with a rolling pin.
- The last step will be baking the cookies. It is necessary to grease a baking sheet with butter and place raw “Ears” on it.
- Then you should put them in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 200 degrees.
- Ready “Ears” can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
In addition, you can add raisins, chocolate chips or soft curd mass to the dough. In any case, the cookies will be tasty and appetizing. And with all our hearts we wish you a pleasant cooking experience. And we hope that our article has become useful and informative for you.
I had heard about this cake for quite some time, but I still didn’t dare try it, I was confused by its name. But since it’s summer outside now and I don’t want to turn on the oven, because it’s already incredibly hot at home, I decided to make a lazy Napoleon from ear cookies. It is made from just such cookies, because they most closely resemble the desired base for a cake, and they are also flaky and tasty. I was worried that the ear napoleon might end up dry or poorly soaked, but thanks to the right amount of cream, everything turned out just fine and it was very soft.
I make custard cream for it with the addition of butter, but a small amount, so that it does not turn out greasy, but is more tender. A Napoleon cake is made without baking in about 30 - 40 minutes, then it is soaked overnight and it turns out delicious. And to make the taste even better, I added banana slices between the layers. There are a lot of cookie-based cakes, they are quick and easy, so I recommend that you try making them too.
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry “ears” – 600 g
- Milk – 750 ml.
- Chicken egg – 1 pc. (big)
- Sugar – 6 tbsp
- Potato starch – 1.5 tbsp
- Wheat flour – 4.5 tbsp
- Vanilla - a pinch
- Butter – 100 g
- Banana – 1 pc.
How to cook Napoleon at home
To make a quick Napoleon, I immediately start preparing the custard. There are many variations of its preparation and each housewife has her own, but I like this particular method, since the cream comes out thick, but has a delicate taste and soaks desserts well. Pour milk into a saucepan with a thick bottom, add a large egg, sugar, vanilla, starch and flour.
Then, using a whisk, I thoroughly mix everything to form a liquid mass without lumps.
Then I put it on medium heat and cook, stirring all the time until thick. It is more convenient to stir with a whisk, but be careful to stir from the bottom, as the custard can easily burn. This takes about 15 minutes. Look at how thick it has become, if it’s thick, then it’s enough to cook. After which, remove from heat, add butter and mix until smooth.
The cream is ready and I leave it to cool a little so that it is not hot, but warm. Also keep in mind that it should not cool completely, because warm, it will soak the cookies better.
To make the Napoleon cake made from abalone cookies even tastier, I’ll add bananas between the layers. To do this, I peel one banana and cut it into small pieces. You can add other fruits, such as kiwi or orange.
Now it’s time to form the Napoleon cake. To do this, I put parchment on the bottom of the springform pan and seal the pan. Then I lay out the cookies in the first layer. It took me 12 cookies and a small piece to make one layer.
Then I lay out the next layer, and place banana slices between the cookies.
This way I form the whole cake. I also generously lubricate it with cream on top. I ended up with 4 layers in total.
I make crumbs out of 10 ears by simply chopping them. This can be done with a blender, rolling pin, or any method convenient for you.
I sprinkle crushed crumbs on top of Napoleon and put it in the refrigerator for the whole night. Two or three hours is not enough for it if you want it to be soft.
And in the morning I decorate it to my taste. To do this, I cut the chocolate into pieces, and also took a couple of apricot slices and berries. You can decorate in any way you want. In my opinion, the homemade Napoleon cake turned out beautiful and appetizing.
The lazy napoleon from ear cookies is ready and you can cut it into pieces and serve. There is no shame in preparing such a dessert even for a holiday, and even a beginner can repeat this recipe. It turned out really tasty, moderately sweet and satisfying.
If you want to add variety to the taste, you can replace the cream with sour cream or add not only banana, but also kiwi or orange. Try this recipe, it’s delicious, it’s not always difficult and time-consuming. Bon appetit!
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Today we will prepare the simplest, tastiest and fastest homemade No-bake Napoleon cake with just 2 or 3 ingredients! As they say: “Everything ingenious is simple!” I can definitely say that these words can be applied to this simple recipe! I have never made tea cakes so simply and quickly, and the ingredients for the cake can be found in any nearby store!
Then I was faced with the problem with the cream. Since I wanted to make a quick cake, without baking and without cooking the cream, one of the best ideas was the option with cream and ice cream! Well, of course, the ice cream already has vanilla and sweetness, and all you need is to just mix the vanilla ice cream with cream and soak the puff crumbs with this cream! So it’s almost like an ice cream cake Napoleon with ice cream! :)))
And a few more words about assembling the cake, there are also options. Firstly, another idea: you can take just melted ice cream as a cream and mix it with crumbs, I think it will work out well, but you just need to somehow regulate the sweetness. If you try it, tell me how you like this option.
After assembling the cake, you can leave it for 1-2 hours at room temperature so that it is well soaked, then put it in the refrigerator and cool well. Or you can additionally sprinkle a layer of crushed cookies with clean water or milk from a spray bottle - thanks to this, the cake will soak even faster, and then grease the cookies with a layer of cream.
After assembly, you can immediately put the cake in the refrigerator. but then it will take longer to soak.
Or you can immediately put it in the refrigerator even without soaking, it’s just that such a cake will be more difficult to cut so that it doesn’t crumble, it’s better to put it in the freezer for 10 minutes - this will solve the whole cutting problem in a matter of seconds.
The end result was simply divine! You don’t even have to soak anything, and just assemble the dessert just like that, in a hurry for tea!
Well, let's try!? ;)
I’m waiting for your comments, I’m very interested in how your cake will turn out and how your loved ones will appreciate its taste :)
