Friday, February 28, 2014

Ferrero crepe cake

Every year for my sons birthday, I would make Nutella crepes for breakfast. Yesterday was his 18th birthday, and he is entering the world of adults. As every mom, I am very emotional, and I could tell you story after story about him as a baby, toddler, and a teenager. I could tell you that he was cutest and most precious baby. But every mom would say that. So, I will not talk much, I will take you straight to the recipe.
This one was made just for him, with Ferrero like cream, and chocolate crepes. Its very rich and flavorful. Mascarpone cheese, Nutella, and roasted hazelnuts. Dig in :)



Chocolate crepes - Pierre Herme's recipe
190 gr. flour
7 tablespoons cocoa powder
3 tablespoons sugar
4 eggs room temperature
500 ml milk
6 tablespoons beer
4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
Sift the flour and cocao powder together. Whisk in the sugar. In another bowl, whisk eggs and milk together just to blend. Whisk in the beer, and melted butter.
Pour the liquid ingredients into the bowl with your dry ingredients and whisk to blend well. You will have a very tin bather. You can also make it in a blender of food processor. Do not overmix. Refrigerate overnight.
Rub a seasoned or nonstick 19cm pan and put it over medium-high heat. As soon as pan is hot, pour in about 3 tablespoons of batter, and swirl the pan so batter spreads across it in an even, thin-as-possible-ever layer.
When the batter has set, run a knife or spatula around the edges, and flip it. Cook until other side is lightly browned.
I made double doze of batter, so I had about 24 crepes.




For the filling:
(recipe inspired by Una's Ferrero cake)

350 gr nutella
450 gr mascarpone cheese
150 gr. roasted peeled hazelnuts
1 tablespoon hazelnut liqueur (optional)

First roast and peel your hazelnuts. Heat the oven to 350F/180C.
Put your hazelnuts in one layer on the baking pan, and roast them for about 10 min, until they are blistery. Take them out, transfer them to the kitchen towel ( chose old or dark, because it will stain your kitchen towel). Close the towel up into a bundle, and rub energetically until their skin comes off in flakes. Processes them in food processor.
Mix room temperature mascarpone cheese with nutella. You don't need mixer, just do it with spatula. Add processed  hazelnuts and hazelnut liqueur (if you don't have it, plain old vanilla is fine)

Put one tablespoon of filling on each crepe, and spread evenly. Layer the cake until you use up all of the ingredients. Decorate with grated chocolate, and chocolate whipped cream.



For the chocolate cream you will need:
250 ml heavy cream
50 gr chocolate
1 tablespoon sugar
Heat the cream and sugar until boil. Pour it over the chocolate, let it melt for a few minutes, and mix energetically, so the chocolate is completely blended into the cream.
Chill the chocolate cream for few hours. Whip the cream with a whisk until it is almost firm. Be careful not to over-whip. Decorate the cake and sprinkle with chocolate curls.



38 comments:

  1. mogu li i ja da ti budem sin ;-)))))) bravo za kreativnu mamu !
    odlična kombinacija. srećan rođendan sinu i veliki zagrljaj njegovoj mami !

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  2. Srecan rodjendan! Palacinke divno izgledaju a sigurno su i veoma ukusne

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    1. Hvala Irena. Slavljenik je odusevljen, a to je najvaznije :)

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  3. Sve najljepse Rasi za njegov dan !!!
    Mislim da je od mame naslijedio puno toga od liejpih crta lica,pa sve do ljubavi koja se zove nutella....oboje ste zaljubljeni u nju :)

    Svida mi se ova ideja palacinki u torti !!

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    1. Hvala Mirce :))
      To si dobro primetila. Pored mene je i Rasa rano krenuo sa nutelom. Mnogo je volimo :))))

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  4. Ranije sam nekako podcenjivala te torte od palačinki, a onda sam jednom pravila Lanine Krem palačinke i skros se oduševila. Sad imam odabranih 10ak recepata za isprobavanje ali nikako da dođu na red. Divna torta, a sinu srećan rođendan od srca! Ne mogu verovati da ti imaš tako veliko sina. :) Ja sam mislila da si ti malo starija od mene... :)

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    1. Hvala Miki :)))
      Rasa se rodio kada sam ja imala 21 god, tako da sada imam veliko dete :))
      I ja nisam bila neki ljubitelj torti od palacinki, ali mi se ovo bas svidelo, odlicno je tortica ispala. Ovom smo simbolicno obelezili rodjendan, a imace jos dve "prave" kad bude zurka u subotu :)))

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  5. Još jednom srećan mu rođendan... mogu mislite tvoje emocije... eh... Neka samo oni nama lepo rastu :)

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    1. Hvala Olja :)
      Mora i to da se prodje. Videces i sama, za cas to dodje :)

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  6. Oh, God... That is so yummy, so chocolate, so beautiful! :)
    Well done! :)

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    1. Thank you, I would be very happy to offer you a piece :)

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  7. Vrlo kreativno i ukusno, verujem da je tortica nestala u trenu!:))) p.s. jako mi se svidja i novo zaglavlje na blogu.:)))kissss

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    1. Hvala Lana :)
      Nisam do sad pravila torte od palacinki, ali ovo je ispalo vise nego dobro.
      Zaglavlje mozda nije najbolje idejno resenje, ali ja sam preponosna na njih, pa nisam odolela.
      Cmokic :)

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  8. krasna torta ,kod mene nikako da torta od palačinki dođe na red

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    1. Hvala Tamara. Mogu razne kombinacije da se prave, bude to zahvalno ;)

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  9. Ovo je super. Volimo palačinke i torte od palačinki svakakve...rado ću ovo da napravim :-)

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  10. Prekrasno izgleda, tako bogata i posebna. Još jednom čestitam rođendan tvom sinu, ali i tebi mama :))

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  11. Sinu srećan rođendan a tortuću prisvojiti za prvi rođendan koji dođe za moje čokoljubice. Inače torte od palačinaka sam pravila i zaista su dobre.

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    1. Hvala Zorice :)
      Nama je ovo prva, ja sam nekako bila sumnjicava prema palacinkastim tortama.
      Ali, sa nutelom i lesnicima nije moglo da bude lose.

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  12. Čestitam sinu rodjendan, i želim mu dobrodošlicu u svet odraslih, znam koliko to njima znači jer sam prošla to pre tri godine sa svojim sinom;). Obe smo sinove dobile u istim godinama, ni ja nisam imala 21 kad sam ga dobila, ali zato smo sad mlade mame i šta nas briga ;)
    Torta je fantastična, i mom nutelaljupcu bi se sigurno dopala!

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    1. Eto, nisam znala. Mi smo to rano prebrinule, sad nam deca dodju ko polonjena :))))))
      Bas mi je drago da ti se svidja tortica. Hvala na lepim zeljama :*

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  13. Ferrero obozavam, a spoj sa palacinkama mislim da nije moglo biti bolje kombinacije:) Srecan rodjendan sinu!

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  14. Kako mi se ovo dopada, moracu da probam!..Ovaj spoj nutele i maskarponea....mmmmm...

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  15. Великолепно шоколадово изкушение, как да не се възхити човек!? Поздрави!!

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    1. Радвам се, че ти харесва. благодаря :))

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  16. Najgora sam od sve dece, jer poslednja stižem... Torticu sam onomad videla, ali me je presek danas "izuo iz cipela"! Toliko finih, čokoladnih listića i isto toliko slojeva kreme... samo mogu da kažem mrak!
    Raši želim srećno i veselo sve dalje što mu se kao punoletnom bude dešavalo, a tebi da se ponosiš i dalje svojim prvencem! Ljuuuuuuuuubim! :*

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    1. Nema veze, stizes na vreme, imamo jos jedno parce. Taman za tebe :)))
      Hvala Gago za lepe zelje. Cmoka velika :*
      Bas mi je drago da ti se svidja tortica :)

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  17. Kako dobro ! Torta je super, jako mi se sviđa kako si palačinke smjestila u ovako prekrasnu i ukusnu tortu ! Sretan rođendan sinu, sve najbolje !

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    1. Hvala Branka :)
      Kasnim sa komentarom, izvini. Promaklo mi je :)

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  18. Jao, kako ja ovde nisam pozelela srecan rodjendan tvojoj momcini? Sram me bilo. Znam da sam po FB nesto komentarisala, ako me pamcenje sluzi. Za svaki slucaj, da ponovim - Srecan mu/vam rođendan i punoletstvo! Sve najbolje na putu ka (ne)zrelosti. Ja što starija, to ludja... (mada ovo može biti samo u mom slučaju). Torta - pun pogodak! Čista kreativnost i dekadencija (daj još ovog drugog:)). Puno toplih pozdrava!

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    1. Ma taman posla, mi uvek primamo lepe zelje :)))
      Hvala Nale, puno pozdrava i tebi :*

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  19. Ovo je prekrasno sad sam vidjela, moram probati

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