Parks & Rec Treat 'Yo Self Cinnamon Roll Crêpe Cake
Treat yo' self like Tom and Donna with this gloriously decadent crêpe cake, and watch Parks & Rec on Hulu during cooling times! #ItsAllOnHulu
Author: The Chef
Cuisine: American
Recipe type: Cake
Ingredients
Batter
- * 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- * 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- * 1 teaspoon salt
- * ¾ cup brown sugar
- * 5 eggs
- * 1 ½ cups milk
- * 1 ½ cups water
- * 4 ½ tablespoons butter, melted
Filling
- * 10 oz cream cheese, softened
- * 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
- * 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- * 1 teaspoon salt
- * 2 tablespoons milk
- * 4 cups whipped cream (made from 2 ½ cups heavy cream)
Topping
- * 2 tablespoons butter
- * ½ cup brown sugar
- * 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- * 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- * 1 cup candied pecans
- * ¼ cup reserved filling
- * 2-3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Place flour, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Sift in the brown sugar. Whisk to combine.
- In another bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, water, and melted butter. Pour wet
- ingredients into the dry, whisk to fully combine and remove all big lumps. Batter will still have tiny lumps from butter, this is okay.
- Heat a 8-inch nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Pour in a scant ¼ cup amount of batter. Tilt pan in a circular motion, so that the batter coats the pan in an even circle. Cook for 1 minute. Flip and cook other side for 30 seconds. Remove from pan. Repeat with the rest of the batter. Set aside crepes to cool.
- Filling: Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together using a hand mixer. Once combined, add in vanilla, salt and milk. Beat until smooth, then add in whipped cream. Continue to beat until combined and uniform.
- Place the first crepe on a cake stand. Spread a layer of filling on to the crepe, then top with another crepe. Repeat until all the crepes have been used up. Reserve a ¼ cup of filling. Refrigerate cake for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- In a small pot, heat butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Once bubbling and syrupy, stir in the heavy cream. Remove from heat.
- Whisk reserved filling with 2 tablespoons of milk. You should be able to drizzle this, but if it is too thick, add another 1 tablespoon of milk.
- Drizzle cinnamon sugar syrup over crepe cake. Pile candied pecans on top and drizzle with more syrup. Drizzle with thinned filling drizzle. Slice and serve.
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Treat yo' self like Tom and Donna with this gloriously decadent crêpe cake, and watch Parks & Rec on Hulu during cooling times! #ItsAllOnHulu
Posted by Tasty on Saturday, July 28, 2018
