"Napoleon without an oven: cooked in a frying pan

"Napoleon" is an iconic cake that is prepared for many celebrations. Traditional technology is quite multi-step, because you need to roll out identical crusts, and then bake the delicate dough so that it does not burn. Therefore, you can use a simpler idea and make a dessert on a skillet.

The idea of cooking Napoleon cake in a frying pan is published on the Instagram page of food blogger Yuliia Simonchuk(cook_julija_simonchuk).

Ingredients for the cream:

• eggs - 2 pcs
• flour - 2 tbsp
• butter - 100 g
• sugar - 150 g
• milk - 1 liter
• vanilla sugar - 1 tsp

Ingredients for the dough:

• eggs - 3 pcs
• sugar - 180 g
• vanilla sugar - 1 tsp
• lemon juice - 2-3 tsp
• leavening agent - 1.5 tsp
• butter - 50 g
• flour - 450-500 g

Method of preparing the cream:

1. Place eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, part of the milk and flour in a skillet. Stir until smooth.

2. Add the remaining milk, turn on medium heat, and stirring all the time (it will take about 20 minutes) until thickened.

3. Remove from the heat, add the butter and stir (whisk with an immersion blender if necessary). Cover with clingfilm in contact and leave to cool.

Way to prepare the scones:

1. Put eggs, sugar, vanilla sugar, lemon juice, baking powder and mix everything in a bowl. Add room temperature butter and mix everything again.

2. Then add flour in three steps, first mixing with a spoon, and then transferring the dough to the surface, knead with your hands. Knead elastic dough that does not stick to your hands.

3. Divide the dough into 10 pieces, roll out each piece, sprinkle flour, cut out a circle (approximately 20 cm) with a plate of appropriate diameter and carefully transfer to a dry heated pan and bake on both sides for a few minutes.

4. There will be characteristic bubbles on the surface of the shortcake. Use the dough left over from the scraps to bake an additional 3 cakes, which will be used for crumbles to sprinkle over the cake.

5. Overmask the cakes with cream, cover the sides and sprinkle with crushed crumbs. Put the cake in the refrigerator, preferably overnight.