Crêpe Cake

This is a very simple and satisfying dessert making use of two other preparations in this book: crêpes layered with pastry cream. You can make the crêpes as much as 4 hours ahead of time; feather them on a plate once they’ve cooled a little so that they don’t stick to each other. Then cover and hold at room temperature until you’re ready to assemble the cake.

You can finish the cake in several different ways, but it does need to be completed for an appealing presentation. A very sim