Crepe Cake

Crepe Layers

1. Pour all crepe ingredients (excluding cooking oil) into blender. Blend for 10 seconds. Scrape sides of blender with spatula to ensure ingredients are well incorporated, then blend again for 5 seconds.
2. Carefully remove blade, cover blender, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or overnight before preparing crepes.
3. When ready to cook, remove crepe batter from fridge and briefly stir.
4. Brush an 8” skillet lightly with cooking oil or melted butter. Heat over medium heat until you can feel the heat radiating from the pan if you hover your hand several inches above the skillet.
5. Pour a bit less than ⅓ cup of batter into the pan, tilting and swirling the pan so the batter forms an 8” circle. Cook until edges appear set and crepe begins to appear dry, flip (cooked side should be beginning to turn lightly gold) and cook until lightly golden. Remove to a cooling rack to cool and repeat until you have used all of your crepe batter. Note: You only need 20 crepes to make this crepe cake, you will have a few extras with this recipe, which is nice insurance since sometimes they tear and the first crepe or so may come out a bit wonky.
6. Allow crepes to cool before stacking and assembling cake.

Crepe cake Filling

1. Combine heavy cream and about half of the powdered sugar in a large mixing bowl. Use an electric mixer to beat to stiff, fluffy peaks.
2. In a separate bowl, combine cream cheese, remaining powdered sugar, vanilla and salt and stir until smooth and creamy.
3. Add whipped cream to the cream cheese mixture and use a spatula to gently fold together until uniform. Set aside.

Assembly

1. Note that you only need 20 crepes to assemble your crepe cake. Place one crepe on a serving platter then portion a large spoonful (about 3 Tablespoons) of filling over the crepe. Use an offset spatula to spread evenly over the crepe.
2. Top with your next crepe, then repeat until you have used 20 crepes and all your filling (if you have any filling left over, feel free to use your extra crepes and make your cake taller!

Ganache

1. Place chocolate in a small heatproof bowl.
2. Place cream in a small saucepan and heat until steaming.
3. Pour cream evenly over chocolate, cover with foil, and let sit for 5 minutes.
4. Remove foil and whisk until smooth.
5. Let chocolate cool until slightly thickened, then remove crepe cake from fridge and pour/spread evenly over crepe cake. Return to fridge and let chocolate set before cutting and serving If desired, top with fresh strawberries.
6. Keep cake refrigerated in an airtight container until ready to serve.