My mom's cream puff pastry is unparalleled in taste, especially the cream
This cream puff pastry is a true delight to the palate. Check out the recipe and hone your baking skills. It serves as an ideal exercise for more challenging cakes and simultaneously offers a treat that you'll fall in love with from the first bite.
Like many, I also admire intricate cakes and complexly decorated tortes. I pause at the bakery counters, captivated by the display. I'm also a massive fan of panettone — the Italian yeast cake and French macaroons — notorious for their difficulty to make. They are undoubtedly attractive and delicious, but I still maintain that nothing surpasses my mom's cream puff pastry.
Though a cream puff pastry may not win a beauty contest compared to visually refined bakes, given the choice between it and a three-tiered chocolate and nut cake with mascarpone and edible gold, I would choose the cream puff pastry. But, only one made following a time-tested recipe, such as the one I've shared below. Try it out and let me know if you share my sentiments!
My mom's cream puff pastry recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs,
- 1 cup flour,
- 1 cup water,
- 1/2 stick of margarine,
- 1 teaspoon baking powder.
For the cream:
- 2 cups of milk,
- 1 cup sugar,
- 1 stick of butter,
- 2 tablespoons potato starch,
- 2 tablespoons wheat flour,
- 1 egg,
- 1 pack of vanilla sugar.
Preparation steps:
- In a saucepan, boil water with margarine, then gradually add flour while stirring consistently. Set aside to cool.
- Add the eggs to the cooled mixture, include baking powder and beat with a mixer for around 10 minutes. Knead the dough and divide it into two equal parts. Form the dough layers and bake each for about 25-30 minutes at 392 degrees Fahrenheit, in a buttered pan, of course.
- Boil half the measured milk with white and vanilla sugar. The other half, mix with potato and wheat flour. Combine both mixtures, bring to a boil, and then allow it to cool. Stir gradually, adding in the butter, and ultimately, the egg.
- To assemble, spread the prepared cream between the dough layers, dust the top with powdered sugar, and refrigerate for several hours. Savor and enjoy!
