No-Bake Napoleon Cake

Napoleon lovers, this one is for you! This easy way of making everyone’s favorite cake was a complete discovery for me. No fussing with pastry, and your Napoleon can be ready in a maximum of 30 minutes. Of course, you’ll have to be patient while the layers soak up all that delicious custard. That is probably the hardest part of this super-easy recipe 

Ingredients

• 600 g sweet puff pastry cookies (I used palmier cookies)

For the Custard

• 2 eggs

• 1/2 cup sugar (125 g)

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 4 tbsp flour

• 2 tbsp cornstarch

• 800 ml warm milk

• 80 g butter

Steps

Custard

1. In a saucepan, whisk the eggs and sugar together

2. Add the vanilla

3. Continuing to whisk, gradually add the flour and cornstarch

4. Place over low heat and gradually pour in the milk

5. Whisk continuously until the mixture thickens (about 5 minutes)

6. Remove from the heat, add the butter, and mix well

7. Cover the custard with plastic wrap, pressing it directly onto the surface, and leave to cool

Assembling the Cake

8. Remove the bottom from the springform pan

9. Line the sides of the pan with plastic wrap

10. Place the pan on a serving plate

11. Arrange a layer of cookies on the bottom. Break the cookies into pieces if necessary to fill any gaps

12. Spread a layer of custard over the cookies

13. Continue alternating layers of cookies and custard

14. Spread custard over the top layer and sprinkle with cookie crumbs

15. Refrigerate the cake overnight to allow the layers to soften and absorb the custard

16. Remove the sides of the pan, peel away the plastic wrap, and sprinkle the sides of the cake with cookie crumbs