Orange Crêpe Gâteau

Name: Orange Crêpe Gâteau
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 100 g apricot jam; Zest of ½ an orange; 1 tbsp Cointreau; 20 g icing sugar; 50 ml water; 2.5 g salt; 100 g double cream; 30 g melted butter; 200 ml milk; 100 g plain flour; 200 ml single cream; 2 tbsp beer; 2 tbsp Cointreau; 4 oranges; 70 g sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Le Cordon Bleu Dessert Techniques

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

This spectacular cake is assembled from individual crêpes, which are moulded and filled with a Cointreau-laced orange cream and then topped with an apricot glaze. For a grand finale, spoon more Cointreau over the top and set alight.

Ingredients

For the crêpe batter

100 g plain flour
4 eggs
2.5 g <

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Make the crêpe batter Mix together the flour; eggs, salt and sugar Gradually incorporate the milk and cream and then the melted butter Mix the beer in thoroughly and leave to one side.
For the orange cream, pour the cream into a chilled bowl