Creme Brulee Cake Filling Recipes

CRèME BRûLéE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and grease and flour a 9"-x-13" cake pan.
• Prepare vanilla cake mix according to box instructions. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool completely before topping.
• Make topping: In a large bowl, combine pudding mix, milk, heavy cream and vanilla. Whisk until mixture just begins to thicken. Spread pudding mixture over the cooled cake and refrigerate until cold or until you're ready to bake, at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
• Heat broiler. Sprinkle sugar all over the surface of the pudding layer as evenly as possible. Broil the cake until the sugar starts to turn golden, about 2 minutes. (Watch very carefully as this can happen fast!) Serve immediately.

CREME BRULEE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 18 x 13 inch rimmed sheet tray.
• Using a hand mixer cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until combined.
• In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients in two batches alternating with the milk. Mix until just combined.
• Pour into the prepared sheet tray and spread to an even layer.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow cake to cool fully.
• Spread the pudding on top of the cake. Sprinkle an even layer of sugar on top of the cake being sure to cover the entire surface. Give the pan a shake to help evenly distribute the sugar.
• Using a blowtorch melt the sugar on top. Alternatively, broil the cake in the oven being sure to watch carefully so as not to burn.
• Slice and serve.

CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Beat egg yolks, 4 tablespoons white sugar and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl until thick and creamy.
• Pour cream into a saucepan and stir over low heat until it almost comes to boil. Remove the cream from heat immediately. Stir cream into the egg yolk mixture; beat until combined.
• Pour cream mixture into the top pan of a double boiler. Stir over simmering water until mixture lightly coats the back of a spoon, about 3 minutes. Remove mixture from heat immediately and pour into a shallow heat-proof dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
• Preheat oven to broil.
• In a small bowl combine remaining 2 tablespoons white sugar and brown sugar. Sift this mixture evenly over custard. Place dish under broiler until sugar melts, about 2 minutes. Watch carefully so as not to burn.
• Remove from heat and allow to cool. Refrigerate until custard is set again.

CRèME BRûLéE CREPE CAKE

Steps:

• In medium bowl, beat 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, the cornstarch and 1 egg with whisk until well blended.
• In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1 cup milk over low heat just to a simmer. Remove from heat; slowly beat milk into egg mixture with whisk.
• Return egg mixture to saucepan; heat over low heat, beating constantly, until thickened, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and hot water.
• Return Filling to bowl; place in freezer for 30 minutes. Transfer bowl to refrigerator 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat 12 eggs with whisk. Add 3 cups milk; stir to combine. Stir in 2 teaspoons sugar. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating constantly until batter is smooth and consistency of thin pancake batter. (You might not use all of the flour.)
• Heat 8- to 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Very lightly coat skillet with oil (about 1/2 teaspoon each time, as needed). Pour 1/4 cup batter into center of skillet; swirl pan to coat entire bottom of skillet with batter. Cook about 2 minutes or until bubbles begin to form on top and edge curls. Flip crepe; cook another minute. Transfer to large plate to cool. Repeat with remaining batter, recoating skillet with oil as necessary. (You should end up with about 22 to 28 crepes.) Cool crepes completely before assembling cake.
• To assemble cake, pour whipping cream into medium bowl; beat with electric mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form. Fold in 1 tablespoon granulated sugar and all of the chilled Filling. Place 1 crepe in center of cake plate. Spread thin layer of Filling on top of crepe. Top with another crepe. Repeat until you have as many layers as you want. Top cake with a clean crepe. Refrigerate cake at least 2 hours before serving.
• Just before serving, sprinkle top of cake with powdered sugar. With sharp knife, cut into cake into slices and serve.

CRèME BRûLéE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Make Crust: Preheat oven to 350°F. In a bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Add butter and stir until dry ingredients are equally hydrated. Spray a 10-inch springform pan with cooking spray, and evenly press the graham cracker crumb mixture into the bottom of the pan.
• Make Filling: In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat cream cheese on medium-high until fluffy and satiny. Add sour cream and beat to incorporate. Scrape down sides of bowl, add sugar, and beat on low until just incorporated, then beat on medium-high for 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, waiting until each is fully incorporated before adding the next. Once last egg is added, beat on medium-high for 2 minutes. Add flour and mix for 1 minute. Scrape down sides of bowl and add lemon juice and vanilla bean paste; mix for an additional minute.
• Pour Filling over Crust in prepared springform pan. Wrap bottom and sides of the outside of the pan with several layers of heavy-duty aluminum foil. Place springform pan inside a large roasting pan, and fill the roasting pan with water so that it comes three-quarters of the way up the side of the pan. Carefully place roasting pan in oven and bake for 1 hour. Turn oven off but do not open the oven, leaving the cheesecake to sit in the cooling oven for an additional 30 minutes. Gently lift springform pan out of roasting pan and remove aluminum foil from pan. Leaving the cheesecake in the springform pan, run an offset spatula or knife around the edge of the cake, being careful not to cut the cake. Allow cheesecake to cool on the counter for 45 minutes before refrigerating for 8 hours or overnight.
• Remove cheesecake from springform pan, sprinkle 1 tablespoon granulated sugar evenly across surface of cake. Use a blowtorch to caramelize the sugar on the surface by applying direct heat to the sugar until it takes on a light brown color, moving in small circles around the surface of the cake until it's evenly caramelized. Allow to sit for 1 minute before adding another tablespoon of sugar on top of the first layer and repeat the caramelizing process. Allow to cool for 2 minutes before slicing and serving.

LEMON CREME BRULEE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Zest lemons into a small bowl and set aside. Juice lemons into a separate bowl and set aside.
• Whisk sugar and cornstarch together in a medium saucepan. Add half-and-half and whisk until fully combined. Add egg yolks and lemon zest and whisk thoroughly.
• Cook on medium heat, stirring frequently with a large spoon. Continue stirring until liquid thickly coats the back of the spoon.
• Remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice and butter until blended. Pour through strainer into a container. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, until set.
• Once filling is set, preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Combine butter with brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Blend in eggs, vanilla extract, salt, and half-and-half.
• With a mixer running on low, gradually blend in baking powder and flour, scraping down the sides if needed.
• Place 24 cupcake papers in cupcake tin, and spoon batter evenly into each.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out cleanly from the cupcakes. Remove from cupcake tin and allow to cool somewhat.
• Remove wrappers from the cakes. This is necessary to keep the paper from buring when the torch is used.
• Scoop out some of the cake to make a well, ensuring it's about a 1/4 inch thick (thinner than that my cause the filling to leak through the sides). Press together any holes that bubbles may formed in the carved out cake to ensure the filling stays in the cake.
• Spoon enough filling to fill the well, and smooth out to make a level surface. Don't spend too much time with making it perfectly smooth.
• Sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar on a few cupcakes at a time. Don't do more than a few at a time because the sugar will start to be absorbed by the filling. Tap the sides of the cupcake to level out the sugar if needed. Using a brulee torch, melt the sugar on the surface of the first cupcake. When it starts to smoke, move on to the next cupcake. Return to the first cake, if needed, to melt the remaining sugar. Repeat, doing a few at a time, until done.