This my friends is the cake of my dreams… A Biscoff & Raspberry Crepe Cake.
I have been a crepe lover for as long as I can remember. My Mom would always make crepes on special occasions at our house growing up for breakfast. Sleepovers, birthdays, holidays or even Saturday was a great occasion for crepes. As I grew-up I became the crepe expert in the house. Give me two good crepe pans, a pitcher full of crepe batter and I could please a crowd!! My love affair has grown even stronger after a trip to Paris a few years ago. One of my favorite memories was sharing our first Nutella crepe bought from a street vender in Paris on our way to the Louvre. Ahhhh now that’s heaven! Here’s a picture of Hales or Lil’Whip as I’ve come to call her enjoying said crepe.
Needless to say, I’ve had a crepe obsession for many years. This last weekend we had family in town for Em’s baptism and I thought it would be a great time to see if I could make a crepe cake. I’ve seen many variations a few different places, I even featured one last week as the inspiration photo for Friday Flair. It was a Chocolate Amaretto Crepe Cake from Sprinkles Bakes and it looked divine! I decided my flavor profile for my first crepe cake should be…
What is Biscoff
Yep, you got it… Biscoff and raspberry. If you haven’t tried Biscoff Spread you need to find some. It’s a fabulous spread that is basically ground up Biscoff cookies mixed with some oil to give it a nice and creamy consistency. A Biscoff cookie is similar to a ginger snap but a little more delicate. They are from Sweden and they are delish. I found my Biscoff Spread at Cost Plus World Market. It’s not widely available quite yet so you may need to do a little searching or get it online. The lovely thing is that is goes very well with raspberries or even lemon. Basically anything that would go well with a gingersnap type cookie.
Biscoff & Raspberry Crepe Cake
Now for the cake… You will need three basic elements. The crepes, a light and lovely Biscoff buttercream and a strong raspberry sauce that can hold up to the cake layers. Once you have those three elements you are good to go, you just need to start layering.
Crepe Recipe
This is my tried and true recipe that was passed down from my Great Uncle that I have used all my life. I have added a couple of ingredients that I just love to boost the flavor a bit, but for the most part it is a GREAT basic crepe recipe that makes about 20 crepes. For this cake I actually doubled this recipe and used all 40 of the crepes. However, make it in batches because a double recipe won’t fit into a blender. At least it won’t fit into mine.
6 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
pinch of fresh nutmeg
1 1/2 cups of milk
1 1/2 cups of AP flour
Crack your eggs into a blender and add the salt, sugar, vanilla extract and nutmeg. Cover the blender and start in the lowest setting. While the blender is on, alternately add small amounts of flour and milk, starting with flour and ending with milk. Make sure it is blended well. Let batter sit for a 1/2 an hour or so before you start to cook your crepes to let it rest.
In a small non-stick crepe pan add a small amount of canola oil and place the pan over medium high heat. Add about a 1/4 a cup of crepe batter and gently swirl the pan around so that the batter covers the pan. Let the crepe cook for a minute to a minute and a half or until the crepe is fully set. Then carefully turn the crepe over let cook in pan for another 20-30 seconds and then remove from the pan.
For this cake you need the crepes to be cooled completely so place the crepes on a bakers rack to cool and then stack with wax paper in between each crepe and place in a large Ziploc bag and store in the refrigerator for 1-2 days or up to two months in the freezer.
Biscoff Buttercream
For the buttercream I just modified my Simple Vanilla Buttercream recipe a bit by adding the Biscoff and lowering the amount of vanilla extract. It’s a good classic and easy buttercream recipe.
2 sticks of unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup Biscoff
1 tsp. vanilla extract
pinch of salt
3-4 cups of powder sugar
1-2 tbsp. whole milk
In a bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, place softened butter and Biscoff. Cream the two together and add vanilla extract. Turn mixer off and add half of the powder sugar, carefully turn the mixer on low and mix the sugar in completely. Add the remaining sugar slowly until it creates a dough like consistency. Add 1 tbsp. of milk and mix on high. Check the consistency of the buttercream. If it’s too tight add more milk. Mix on high for 5-7 minutes until light and fluffy.
If needed store in a air tight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Take out of the fridge an hour or two before you want to use it to make sure that it is a room temperature when you need it.
Raspberry Sauce
Again, I took one of my favorite recipes, my Velvet Cherry Sauce and modified it for this cake by using raspberries instead of cherries.
2 pints raspberries
1/4 – 1/2 cup sugar depending on the sweetness of the raspberries
1 tbsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. vanilla extract
pinch of fresh nutmeg
1 tbsp. cornstarch
In a small sauce pan place all of the ingredients over medium heat and bring to a boil stirring occasionally. Simmer on low heat for 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat and strain with a fine mesh strainer. Use the back of the spoon to get as much juice out of the berries as possible. Place the strained juice back into the small sauce pan and place over low heat. Remove a 1/4 a cup of the raspberry juice and place in a small container with a lid. Add the cornstarch, place the lid on the container and shake vigorously. Slowly whisk in the cornstarch mixture into the raspberry juice and cool over low heat until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat and let cool completely.
Place in an air tight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
How to Assemble the Crepe Cake
Now is when the fun begins… Place a small dab of buttercream onto your cake plate to hold your first crepe steady. Next, add a thin layer of buttercream onto the crepe. Add another crepe and add another thin layer of buttercream. Add one more crepe and this time add a thin layer of the raspberry sauce. Repeat that whole process until you have used all of your crepes. For the top of the cake I used a large closed star tip with a pastry bag and piped pretty little rosettes to decorate the top. I then placed fresh raspberries in the center of the rosette and dusted the whole cake with powder sugar.
Place the cake in the refrigerator for an hour or two until it sets up and then slice into it while all your friends are watching and soak in all the ooooohs and aaaaaahs.
what t thing of true beauty! I don;t think I would have been able to cut into it:)
serious spelling issues;( I meant a thing of true beauty – sorry it’s a bit late
You can actually find Biscoff at Walmart….(I loathe Walmart), so I thought I would never try some of this wonderful treat. Luckily I found it at a grocery store here in NorCal. I might have to give this a try, but believe it or not, our Alec is the master crepe maker.
Gah…. this looks and sounds amazing. I’m a sucker for Biscoff… I made an ice cream last month. This has just been added to my biscoff board!
WoW! This is absolutely beautiful. In fact it is so beautiful, I don’t think I could take a bite. It looks so girly.
I love making and eating crepes so I know what a labor of love this cake is! Gorgeous just doesn’t describe it, and I can just imagine what it takes like. FYI- you can find Biscoff at most Targets!
(pinned & tweeted!)
I’m seriously making this asap. It looks like everything ever.
Thanks for explaining what Biscoff is. I’ve been seeing it around and wondered what the heck it was. May be worth a run to World Market! Your crepe cake looks absolutely amazing! I can only imaging how delicious it must be
Wow. This crepe cake looks stunning! And what a recipe! Yum.
I would definitely oooh and aaah if this were put in front of me. It is so beautiful!!
That’s a killer beauty cake.
And a killer font you used too (1st pic). Would you mind sharing?
I’d never heard of Biscoff spread – turns out it’s the same thing as speculoos spread or Trader Joes’ Cookie Butter. I may have to try this recipe for the speculoos fans in my group of friends!
yes its the same as cookie butter from tj!!
I need a good crepe pan…any ideas? BTW- This looks so beautiful and I am also loving the towel under the cake plate…where’d ya find it?!
WOW!! What a treat! I can’t believe you made it into a cake! Looks wonderful. I bet it tasted wonderful as well!
So gorgeous!!
What a great recipe!
But Biscoff is not from Sweden, it’s from Belgium!
Lotus (the company that makes the cookies) is Belgian.
It’s a statement here, everybody has Lotus memories from their childhood.
A Biscoff cookie is called ‘Speculoos’ here and in the Netherlands. Like you said, it’s similar to Swedish gingercookies but it has way more cinnamon in it!
I’m going to try your crepe cake, looks amazing!
Thanks so much for the info!
kisses
heather
Girl you have made photog skills!!! I always love seeing what you do with food!!! What I would give to come spend a day with you and learn some fun tricks:-)
Oh my goodness that looks sooooo good I’m going to have to try it someday. Thanks for the recipe and sharing, God bless you and yours.
Such a beautiful crepe cake. My goodness, I bet it was wonderful.
this is fantastic! I was just wondering how big your crepe pan is, and where you got yours! I love making crepes, but I never have the right pan! Thanks!
That’s relaly thinking out of the box. Thanks!
pinned! One layer looks better & sounds better than the next. This baby is a work of ART!
This is beautiful. I love biscoff and will need to try this. I have a link party called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop and would love to have you share this and any other posts with everyone. It runs from Tuesday night through midnight Sunday. Here is the link to the party.
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2013/02/wednesdays-adorned-from-above-blog-hop_26.html
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above
this is GORGEOUS! not to mention your awesome as always pics!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! You have always amazed me, but this one is so beautiful I could cry!
This looks delicious! I would love for you to add it, and anything else you fancy, to the Pinworthy Projects link party! http://www.atkinsondrive.com/pinworthy-projects-party-week-18/