Kremes

Name: Kremes (Kremeš/Krémeš)
Cuisine: Slovakian
Ingredients: 800 ml/27 fl oz/scant 3¼ cups milk; 100 g/3¾ oz instant vanilla pudding or vanilla custard powder; 100 g/3¾ oz instant vanilla pudding or vanilla custard powder; 20 g/¾ oz vanilla sugar; 3 egg yolks; 15 ml/1 tbsp rum; 40 ml/2 heaped tbsp flour; 400 g/14 oz puff pastry, thawed if frozen; 2.5 ml/½ tsp gelatine; 500 ml/17 fl oz/generous 2 cups double (heavy) cream; 50 g/2 oz icing (confectioners’) sugar for dusting

Kremeš/Krémeš

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Czech & Slovak Food and Cooking

By Ivana Veruzabova

Published 2015

About

This rich cream cake is a Slovak dish. Some recipes use a digestive-biscuit base, others put puff pastry on top and underneath, and some also add melted chocolate.

Ingredients

800 ml/27 fl oz/scant 3¼ cups milk
100

Europe
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Cake
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Pour the milk into a pan and add the custard powder, 200g of icing sugar, vanilla sugar, egg yolks, rum and flour.
Beat using an electric mixer, then put over medium heat and cook, beating, until the mixture becomes very thick. Leave to cool. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6