World Flavors Cookbook

Karpatka (Carpathian Cream Cake)

A delightful cream cake named after the Carpathian Mountains due to its wavy, mountain-like puff pastry layers.

Cuisine: Poland

Ingredients

• Choux Pastry Ingredients:
• 1 cup water, 125g butter, 1 cup flour, 5 eggs
• Cream Filling Ingredients:
• 2 cups milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tbsp flour, 2 tbsp potato starch, 200g butter, vanilla

Instructions

1. Make choux pastry by boiling water/butter, adding flour, then eggs.
2. Spread on two sheets and bake at 200°C for 25 mins until "mountainous".
3. Make a thick custard base, cool, then cream with butter.
4. Layer the cream between the two pastry sheets.
5. Dust with powdered sugar.