napoleon cake

Creamy layered dessert

Napoleon cake is a layered pastry of thin, flaky puff pastry sheets alternating with pastry cream, typically topped with powdered sugar or icing.

The dessert is known in French as mille-feuille ("thousand leaves") for its many delicate layers.

She brought a napoleon cake to the dinner party.

The name's connection to the French emperor is uncertain.

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custard · vanilla custard · pastry cream · cream · puff · flaky · French · French dessert · bakery · vanilla · icing · crispy · delicate · dessert · Bonaparte · patisserie · glaze · butter

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G