Recipe: Chocolate Napoléon Cake

Batter Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
• ⅓ cup warm milk
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 cups minus 1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1½ tbsp. unsweetened cocoa

Cream Filling Ingredients:

• 2 sticks butter,
• softened at room temp
• 14oz. can sweetened condensed milk
• 8oz. package cream cheese,
• soft at room temp
• ¾ cup of very cold heavy cream
• 1½ tbsp. powdered sugar

Cake Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F
2. Sift together flour with cocoa.
3. Beat together 1 egg and 1 cup sugar for 6 min. Add softened butter, warm milk,  and baking soda. Mix on medium speed 3 min.
4. Bring a pot of water to a boil.
5. Place mixture in a glass bowl over the steam for 10 min, stirring frequently.
6. Remove from heat and stir in sifted flour, cocoa and mix well. Let stand 20 minutes.
7. Place a heaping tbsp. of mix over a sheet of parchment paper. Sprinkle flour over the dough roll it out to a very thin 9″ circle.  
8. Place your round dish over the dough and use a pizza slicer to cut out the circle.
9. Bake the parchment paper with dough directly on the middle oven rack for 4-5 minutes.

Filling Method:

1. Beat together 2 packages softened butter and 1 can condensed milk on medium speed 7 min, scraping down the bowl as needed.  
2. Mix in the softened cream cheese for 2-3 min.  
3. In a separate bowl, beat very cold cream and 1 1/2 tbsp. powdered sugar on high for 2 min.
4. Fold whipped cream into the rest of the frosting until well blended.

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