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Lemon and Berry Crepe Cake Recipe

Lemon and Berry Crepe Cake

This showstopper of a dessert is light, doughy, and not too sweet.  

Course Dessert
Cuisine American, French
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

For the basic crêpes

  • 5 large eggs
  • 2 ½ cups whole milk
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 pinch kosher salt
  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter

For the lemon cream cheese frosting

  • 8 oz softened cream cheese
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Zest 1 lemon
  • Pinch kosher salt
  • 1 tsp water
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

For the berry topping

  • 1 cup sliced strawberries
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 1/4 cup sugar

Instructions

For the Basic Crepes

  1. Combine eggs, milk, flour, and salt in a bowl. Mix to combine and let set at least an hour, preferably overnight.  

  2. Rub melted butter on a skillet over medium low heat and pour 1/4 cup of batter in at a time. Let cook for two minutes on one side and two minutes on the other.

  3. Repeat until no batter remains. You want between 20 and 30 crêpes to get good height on the cake.

  4. Let the crêpes cool and begin preparing the lemon cream cheese frosting.

For the Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. Combine cream cheese, butter, lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla, water, kosher salt, and powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix until combined and fluffy. 

To assemble

  1. On a cake stand, lay down one crêpe and coat with a dollop of the lemon cream cheese frosting, about 1/2 tbsp to 1 tbsp per layer. 

  2. Add another crêpe on top of the first crêpe and frosting layer. Repeat with the remaining crêpes and frosting until a tall cake has formed.

  3. Cover the cake and let the frosting set in the refrigerator for at least two hours. 

  4. While the crêpe cake is chilling, prepare the berry topping. Mix sliced strawberries with blueberries and sugar in a small bowl. Stir to combine and let chill covered in the refrigerator along with the cake.
  5. When ready to serve top the cake with either fresh or the marinated berries. Slice into pieces so you can see those gorgeous layers. Top with the marinated berries on each slice.