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Easy Torta Pompadour Cake with Puff Pastry

August 29, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez
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Easy Torta Pompadour Cake with Puff PastryA summer version of my traditional Torta Pompadour Thousand Layers with banana cream cake.

I bought the puff pastry in the supermarket, and instead of spending a whole afternoon baking a thousand layers, I just assembled this quick and easy cake. This kind of cake is a favorite in Chile, where the combination of many doughs, jams, dulce de leche, nuts, meringues, and more, all in between thin layers, is the mark of an elegant and delicious cake. Before you run away screaming,  let me assure you that we usually have tiny pieces of cake.

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Easy Torta Pompadour Cake with Puff Pastry

Easy Torta Pompadour Cake with Puff Pastry

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A delicious cake and easy.

  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 8 1x

Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1 box of puff pastry (refrigerated section)
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream (chilled)
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 can of dulce de leche (like La Lechera)
  • 1 jar of cherry jam (in the USA, I recommend the Hero brand)
  • 1 cup sliced almonds for garnish

Instructions

  1. Roll out the puff pastry and cut it into five sections long, measuring your cake pan to see the width you need.
    Puff pastry cut
  2. Bake according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Allow cooling completely.
  3. Meanwhile, in a cold bowl, beat the cream with an electric mixer until it forms soft waves, about 5 minutes. Add sugar at low speed and continue beating until hard peaks form.
  4. Line the cake pan with plastic wrap, and let it hang over the sides.
  5. Place a layer of cold baked puff pastry, cover with a layer of dulce de leche, place another pastry, cherry jam, whipped cream, and dough, and repeat until finished with a layer of pastry.
    Making the cake
  6. Wrap the cake well in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  7. Save the leftover cream, and store it in the refrigerator.
  8. Take out of the cake pan and, top with the remaining heavy cream, sprinkle with almonds.
    Flip cake on a plate. Decorating the cake.
  9. Keep cold.
    Easy Pompadour Cake
  • Author: Pilar Hernandez
  • Prep Time: 1 hour
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Cakes
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: Chilean

Keywords: Easy Torta Pompadour, Easy Milhojas cake with puff pastry

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