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[1] The divine Tiramisù Mille Crêpes Cake, a cake version of tiramisu††. You can order it here (photos #1, #2, and #4 © Lady M).
[2] A slice. Bet you can’t eat just one!
[3] The cake’s namesake, tiramisù. Here’s a recipe (photo Linda Finn | Taste Of Home).
[4] Another Crêpes Cake choice for the Lunar New Year, Red Bean Mille Crêpes Cake, handmade crêpes ayered with silky, whipped red bean (azuki bean) pastry cream and topped with a delicate dusting of powdered sugar. Order it here.
[5] Dobos Torte, from Hungary. Here’s a recipe (photo © Aya Brackett | Epicurious).
[6] Prinzregententorte (Prince Regent Cake), which is a seven layered genoise with chocolate buttercream and a chocolate cover.Here’s a recipe (photo © The Cottage Loaf).
[7] Smith Island Cake (photo © CB Crabcakes).
[8] An all chocolate Smith Island Cake created by Strip House restaurant. You can order it online (photo © Strip House | Las Vegas).
[9] Here’s the recipe for this Smörgåstårta, a Swedish sandwich cake (photos #9 and #10 © Nordic Kitchen Stories).
[10] The Smörgåstårta, sliced.
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We’re putting it out there—this is what we want for Valentine’s Day instead of chocolate: Lady M’s limited edition Tiramisù Mille Crêpes Cake.
Yes, we love chocolate, but we love Lady M’s Mille Crêpes Cakes even more. With 20 crêpes filled with luxurious crème pâte à bombe††, and a center layer of espresso sponge cake, it’s topped with petals of whipped mascarpone and a dusting of premium cocoa powder.
The cake captures the true flavors of a classic tiramisu pudding†, and is a limited edition.
Lady M has both year-round flavors and seasonal flavors on offer. There’s the original, Signature, plus others from Chocolate, Coffee, Green Tea, Marron (Chestnut), and Strawberry Matcha. The limited edition and seasonal flavors, come and go quickly, so we always keep an eye out.
These are cakes for the connoisseur: delicate, elegant, special. They’re not inexpensive, because they’re incredibly labor intensive.
The Milles Crêpes Cake, invented by a Japanese pastry chef trained in classic French technique, is not baked. It’s composed of layers of crêpes made on the stovetop.
More than 20 cream-filled layers—not quite 1,000, which is mille in French—go into each cake. The layers are filled with pastry cream (chocolate, matcha, passionfruit, pistachio vanilla, etc.).
If you want to try your hand at layering flavored pastry creams between 20 evenly-made crêpes, here’s a recipe. You can find many more recipes online. But it’s much faster to…
ORDER YOUR LADY M MILLE CRÊPES CAKE
> Head to LadyM.com.
TYPES OF MULTI-LAYERED CAKES
There are different types of many-layered cakes, including:
Dobos Torte (called Seven Layer Cake in the U.S.), a Hungarian cake of thin layers filled with chocolate buttercream (photo #4).
Prinzregententorte (Prince Regent Cake), a Bavarian cake that consists of at least six thin layers of genoise (sponge cake) filled with chocolate buttercream and iced with ganache* (photo #6).
Sandwich cake, or Smörgåstårta, a savory Swedish cake comprised of stacked sandwich layers (photos #9 and #10). It’s a delight for a tea party. Here’s a recipe (photo © Nordic Kitchen Stories).
Smith Island Cake, nine or more layers with chocolate filling and frosting (photos #7 and #8) It’s the official dessert of Maryland (here’s more about it).
Thousand Layer Cake (also called Twelve Layer Cake and Milhojas), actually 10-20 layers, with 14 being a common number. Thin layers are filled with custard or dulce de leche (here’s more about it).
But none of these have layers as thin as Mille Crêpes Cake.
> The history of Mille Crêpes Cake.
> The history of cake.
> The different types of cakes.
> The history of tiramisù.
> National Tiramisù Day is March 21.
> National Crêpe Day is February 2.
> National Bavarian Crêpes Day is March 22.
> See all the cake holidays, below. There are almost 60—a lot to celebrate!
A YEAR OF 55+ CAKE HOLIDAYS
January
January 3: Fruitcake Toss Day
January 6: National King Cake Day
January 23: International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day
January 27:National Chocolate Cake Day
February
February 1: National Baked Alaska Day
February 1: National Cake Pop Day
February 3: National Carrot Cake Day
March
March: National Flour Month
March 4: National Pound Cake Day
March 6: National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day
March 13: National Coconut Torte Day
March 28: National Black Forest Cake Day
March 29: Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
March 30: World Flour Day
April
April 7: National Coffee Cake Day
April, Friday Of 1st Full Week: National Poet In A cupcake Day†
April, 3rd Thursday: International Pizza Cake Day†
April 20: National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day
April 23: National Cherry Cheesecake Day
April 27: National Devil Dog Day
May
May 8: National Give Someone a Cupcake Day
May 11: Hostess CupCake Day
May 11: National Eat What You Want Day
May 19: National Devil’s Food Cake Day
May 26: National Blueberry Cheesecake Day
June
June 1 : National Hazelnut Cake Day
June 6: National Applesauce Cake Day
National German Chocolate Cake Day
June 13: National Cupcake Lover’s Day
June 14: National Strawberry Shortcake Day
June 27: National Ice Cream Cake Day
July
July 21: National Lamington Day (Australia)
July 30: National Cheesecake Day
July 31: National Raspberry Cake Day
August
August 12: National Gooey Butter Cake Day
August, 3rd Monday: Cupcake Day (Australia)
August 23: National Sponge Cake Day
September
September 18: National Red Velvet Cake Day
October
October 9: National Pro-Life Cupcake Day
October 10: National Angel Food Cake Day
October 10: National Cake Decorating Day
October 14: National Dessert Day
October 14-20: National Baking Week (U.K.)
October, 3rd Saturday: National Sweetest Day
October 18: National Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 21: National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
October 23: National Boston Cream Pie Day
November
November 15: National Bundt Day
November 10: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 26: National Cake Day
November 26 : International Cake Day
December
December: National Fruitcake Month
December 5: National Sacher Torte Day
December 13: National Cream Cheese Frosting Day
December 15: National Cupcake Day
December 15: National Lemon Cupcake Day
December, Week Before Christmas: National Gluten-Free Baking Week
December 27: National Fruitcake Day
A Year Of Donut Holidays
February, Fat Thursday, The Thursday Before Ash Wednesday: Pączki Day, Fasnacht Day
May, 3rd Full Week: National Doughnut Week (U.K.)
June, 1st Friday: National Donut Day
September 14: National Cream-Filled Donut Day
A Year Of Pastry Holidays
January 2: National Cream Puff Day
February 21: National Sticky Bun Day
April 8: National Empanada Day
April 10: National Cinnamon Crescent Day
June 22: National Chocolate Eclair Day
June 20: National Kouign Amann Day
June 17: National Apple Strudel Day
August, 1st Saturday: National Jamaican Patty Day
August 28: National Cherry Turnover Day
September 17: National Apple Dumpling Day
September 17: National Beignet Day
October 4: National Cinnamon Bun Day
November 17: National Baklava Day
December 9: National Pastry Day
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*Ganache vs. frosting: While the terms are sometimes used interchangeably (and incorrectly), ganache is a chocolate icing. Icing is typically thinner, denser, and glossier, made primarily from just melted chocolate and cream. It’s often poured or drizzled over a cake or used for decorative details.
Frosting, on the other hand, is generally thicker and fluffier than icing, a thick spreadable layer used to cover the entire surface of a cake. It can be any flavor.
†Tiramisù is not a cake, although it is sometimes called one. It is more accurately a mascarpone pudding, layered with ladyfingers that are soaked in coffee or coffee liqueur. Unlike a cake, tiramisù is not baked.
††Pâte à bombe is a light and creamy egg foam used as a base in desserts such as mousses, tiramisù, and parfaits. Egg whites are whipped until light and frothy, then hot sugar syrup is slowly poured in. Pâte à bombe is similar to Italian meringue, but uses egg yolks instead of egg whites. The name literally translates to “bombe dough” or “bombe mixture,” referring to a frozen French dessert made of ice cream or sorbet in a spherical mold. The spherical shape resembles a cannonball—well, half a cannonball.
‡Unusual cake holidays include:
> Pizza Cake Day. Pizza cake was invented in 2014 by Boston Pizza, a Canadian-based pizza chain, as part of a promotion called Pizza Game Changers. It uses pizza ingredients in the form of a layer cake. Here’s more about it.
> Pączki Day. Pączki are Polish doughnuts that are deep-fried and filled with jam or cream. They are often covered with powdered sugar or icing. The holiday originated in Poland in the Middle Ages as a way to use up rich ingredients before Lent. The donuts are commonly eaten on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. Fasnacht Day is the German equivalent.
> Poet in a Cupcake Day celebrates the end of Take Your Poet to School Week, for students in grades K-12. The initiative was created to introduce students to different poets and their works, encouraging them to engage with poetry. Each day of the week has a designated theme and activities. Here’s more about it.
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