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Homemade Creme Brulee Cake slice with a caramelized sugar top, creamy custard center, and crumbly graham cracker crust on a vintage plate.

Creme Brulee Cake

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A showstopping Creme Brulee Cake that blends the creamy richness of crème brûlée with the tender texture of a custard-filled layer cake, topped with a signature crackly caramelized sugar topping.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Chill & Set Time 12 hours
Total Time 13 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 12 slices
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French-American Fusion
Calories: 420
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

For Cake Layers:
  • 1 cup Unsalted butter - Room temperature
  • 4 Large eggs - Room temperature
  • 2 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
  • 2 ½ cups Cake flour - Or substitute (see notes)
  • 1 cup Whole milk
  • 2 cups Granulated sugar
For Custard Filling:
  • 6 Egg yolks
  • 2 cups Heavy cream
  • 1 Whole vanilla bean - Split and scraped
  • ⅔ cup Superfine sugar
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • For Brûlée Topping:
  • 3–4 tbsp Granulated sugar - For caramelized topping

Equipment

  • 8-inch round cake pans (Buttered and floured)
  • Stand mixer or hand mixer (For creaming and mixing)
  • Heavy-bottomed saucepan (For heating custard mixture)
  • Fine-mesh strainer (To strain custard)
  • Kitchen torch (For brûlée topping)
  • Offset spatula (For frosting and layering)
  • Long serrated knife (For leveling and slicing)
  • Piping bag and tip (For buttercream dam)

Method
 

  1. Prepare and bake the cake layers (mixing, dividing batter, baking, cooling)
  2. Make the custard filling (heat cream, temper yolks, cook, strain, chill)
  3. Assemble the cake (level layers, pipe dam, fill with custard, stack layers)
  4. Apply crumb coat and chill the cake
  5. Sprinkle sugar and caramelize with torch just before serving

Nutrition

Serving: 125gCalories: 420kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 6gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 165mgSodium: 150mgPotassium: 130mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 850IUCalcium: 90mgIron: 1.2mg

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should be considered an approximation. Actual values may vary based on specific ingredients used and portion sizes.

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