This Dulce de Leche Irish Cream Crêpe Cake is so delicious that I recommend you to…avoid making it!
Dulce de Leche Irish Cream Crêpe Cake.
Addictively Delicious.
That’s right. This suggestion is quite uncommon for a food blog. But I prefer to be honest with my dear readers. If you like either crêpes, dulce de leche or Irish Cream, this dessert might be your personal enemy.
You might (or probably might not) have heard I happen to be a fan of both dulce de leche and Irish Cream. Well, apparently, I also love crêpes and crêpe cake. Do you see this subtle connection here?
Obviously, this Dulce de Leche Irish Cream Crêpe Cake meant to be created like this Dulce de Leche Irish Cream Ice Cream last summer.
There’s something fabulous in the combo of dulce de leche, Irish cream, and butter. The frosting is rich, buttery, with a distinctive caramel and bailey’s flavors. Indeed, I had only 1/3 cup of the liquor, but I recommend that you add few tablespoons more. That won’t hurt.
I’m telling you – the frosting was so good that I needed to urgently assemble the cake or I would have eaten the frosting just straight from the bowl #nocrepesneeded
A Simple Dessert with a Rustic Look
Also, I generously sprinkled Dulce de Leche Irish Cream Crêpe Cake with roasted walnuts for a delicious crunch and rustic look.
The only one thing I would probably do differently next time is its height. While Dulce de Leche Irish Cream Crêpe Cake looks sumptuous due to the many layers (I used over 20 crepes), it wasn’t that simple to slice and eat it. So I think if you make 12-15 crepes, that would be enough. But please don’t make less frosting. Remember: it’s delicious straight from the bowl:)
Notes
Note 1. The consistency of store-bought dulce de leche greatly vary. You will need the thickest one you can find. If it's not thick enough, while incorporating Irish Cream, start with 1/4 cup adding more if the consistency allows.
Note 2. As the thickness of dulce deleche may vary, start with 1/4 cup of Irish cream adding more if the frosting is thick enough.
Note 3. As all wet and dry ingredients and their characteristics (especially density) vary, 2 cups of liquid is a minimum amount you will need for 2 cups of flour. In most cases I add up to 3,5 cups of liquid; however, if you are making a crepe cake or stuffed crepes, I recommend adding less liquid, and 2,5 - 3 cups (total amount of water and milk) will do.
Note 4. As I used very thick dulce de leche, 1/2 of powdered sugar was enough. You might need some extra if you have thinner caramel.
Note 5. Personally I didn't refrigerate the frosting, but if you see it's a bit runny, let it stay 30-40 minutes to thicken up. If this doesn't help, stir in some more powdered sugar.
Note 6. Some visitors have reported this amount of filling is way too much for the cake. Place the frosting into a container and keep refrigerated up to 3 days.This spread is delicious with a toast, pancakes, or just straight out the container :)
Ingredients
Crêpes
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 cup lukewarm water (See Note 3)
- 1 cup milk (See Note 3)
- 2 large eggs
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
Frosting
- 2/3 cup salted butter, soften (at room temperature)
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar (See Note 4)
- 2 cups thick dulce de leche (See Note 1)
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup Irish cream (See Note 2)
Additionally
- 1 - 1,5 cups toasted walnut, chopped
- butter or oil, for greasing the pan
Instructions
- For the batter, in a bowl whisk together the flour, water, milk, eggs, oil, salt, and sugar. Slightly beat until smooth and no lumps remain - you should get the consistency of olive oil. You can also whip the batter using your kitchen processor or an immersion blender to avoid any lumps. If necessary, adjust the batter by adding some extra flour or water (See Note 3). Refrigerate the batter for at least 30 minutes. Note that when chilled, the batter will thicken so you might thin it by adding a little more water or milk.
- Heat a lightly buttered pan/skillet on over medium heat. Once the pan is well heated, pour in enough batter, approximately 1/4 cup per crêpe (depending on the size of your pan) quickly moving the pan from side to side to evenly spread the batter in a thin layer.
- Cook 1-2 minutes or until the edges are slightly crisp and could easily be lifted with a spatula or knife (adjust the temperature as needed). Flip and cook for another minute or so. Transfer a crepe into a plate and repeat with the remaining batter greasing the skillet after making 4-6 crêpes. You should have between 15 and 20 crêpes. Let the crêpes cool before assembling.
- To make the frosting, in a large bowl beat the softened butter with the powdered sugar with a mixer at low speed, for about 2 minutes.
- Add the dulce de leche and continue beating at low speed, for 2-3 minutes until smooth.
- Add in the Irish cream (Add 1/4 cup first) and beat for 1 minute or until fully incorporated. If it's still thick, add the remaining Irish cream. You can add a little more Irish cream, but you might need to add more powdered sugar as well (See Note 5)
- To assemble the cake, spreed about 2-3 tablespoons of the frosting on a crêpe. Place another crêpe and repeat the layers. Cover the top crêpe with the frosting as well and sprinkle with the roasted walnuts. (See Note 6)
- Let the cake stand in the fridge for at least 2-3 hours. Remove from the fridge 15 minutes prior serving.
- Enjoy!
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There’s several problems I encountered with this recipe. First, step one tells you that for the batter “Note when chilled, the butter might thicken” even though the batter doesn’t call for butter. Second, the batter only makes about 15 crepes (using 1/4 cup per crepes as instructed) and not 20-25 crepes. Third, should the crepes be cold or at room temperature before using? Is it ok if they are warm? This should be mentioned since the tempereate of the crepes could affect the frosting. Fourth, the frosting is way too runny. It gooed out of each layer and the crepes kept sliding off each other. Either more powder sugar is needed to thicken it out or it needs to be chilled in the fridge for some time before using. And fifth, there is way more filling than required. Final results: total mess. Please clarify. This cake does taste good since I stole one crepe to try it with the filling. Delicious! But again, it was a total mess. Where did I go wrong?
Hello,
I am so sorry that this recipe has let you down. At the same time, I appreciate your feedback as I have been able to review the recipe and make some corrections.
1. “Note when chilled, the butter might thicken”. This was an error, I was talking about the batter.
2. You are right. I have checked my latest recipe (In which I measured everything precisely), and it says it would be about 15 crepes. Of course, this also depends on the size of your skillet. My bad.
3.Good point too. You don’t need to chill them completely, but the room temperature is recommended.
4. That’s my fault as I didn’t realize the consistency of store-bought dulce de leche might vary dramatically, and I personally used very thick one.
5. I have added some notes in the recipe.
Once again – I am sorry this recipe didn’t turn well. I hope you give it a try once time more.
Wow. Just wow! This is beyond decadent Ben and I’d easily take two slices. Do you deliver?
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This brought up lots of memories now. My dad’s favourite dessert is crepe cake, so we had it once a week when I was small. But of course that version wasn’t this fancy, it only had sugary walnuts and jam as a filling. Anyways, this cake looks incredible and so so so pretty! Dulce de leche and walnuts is a really great combo! Pinned :)
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And Irish cream too:) Thanks, Evi!
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I have been seeing crepe cakes everywhere on social media, and I have to say, this is the BEST flavor combination I have seen yet, Ben!! You KNOW I love me some dulce de leche and Irish cream, so this is probably too dangerous for me to make, because I know I would eat the whole dang thing in approximately .232 seconds. You should make this again and then ship me a very large slice… for the sake of my waist line. And because friends share. ;) LOVE this, buddy!!! Thanks for making me drool!!
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Ah, no problem, buddy! But be informed it’s going to be a very large slice…for the sake of my waist line…well for the sake of that place where the waist line is supposed to be:)
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This decadent crêpe cake looks absolutely divine! I may or may not be drooling a little over here! ;)
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How have I gone 4 decades without trying a crepe cake? This looks incredible and that frosting….swoon! I love boozy sweets (my favorite pie involves loads of chocolate and rum) so I love the Irish cream in this, and the timing is perfect with St. Paddy’s just around the corner.
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Chocolate and rum….mmmm sounds like a good plan for my next crepe cake!
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It’s a good thing I wasn’t there helping you with this decadent crepe cake as I would have eaten ALL that frosting and am willing to bet, about 10 of these crepes! This is fantastic, Ben! I LOVE LOVE LOVE “crêpes, dulce de leche AND Irish Cream” and this crepe cake is a stunner – I think you should keep that slice for yourself and send the rest to me! :)
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If someone isn’t a fan of any of the three, they soon will be. That’s a gorgeous cake in pictures, I can
only imagine the temptation in real life.
Nice mix of cultures! Now, coffee or a Kilbeggan to go along?
Ah, a coffee with Kilbeggan in it…
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Thanks! And indeed coffee flavor goes well with irish cream and caramel so it could be easily incorporated into the recipe!
Oh, Ben. It’s 9:45 pm and I usually avoid to eat anything at this time during weekdays. But I just can’t control myself after seeing this sinfully delish crêpe cake. How I wish I could get this right now. Butter + Irish cream + dulce de leche + walnuts? This is pure torture. And I don’t need to slice this pretty cake, so can you send me this cake? :) Have a nice weekend, Ben.
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Sure, I’ll send you a whole cake. It would be delivered on Monday, at 11 p.m.:)
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I wish I couldn’t make this cake because when I do make it, I’m going to eat the whole thing by myself! Yay to butter and sugar and irish cream!!! Oh yeah, and thanks for putting my fav nuts on there too ;) WOOHOOOOOO!!
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Yes, the problem is that it’s dangerously easy to make (yay to all the calories, fats, and carbs!). But you can always make just a few crepes and serve them with the frosting. That would be way not so bad:)
What a fun idea, Ben…and perfect timing for St. Patrick’s Day! (Although I suspect that you’d go for the Irish cream all year long…haha.) I’ve been meaning to make a crepe cake for ages, but I just haven’t gotten around to it. I love all of the little layers…and that frosting of yours sounds quite dangerous–in a good way, of course! If you’re having trouble slicing this one, you can just mail the whole thing to me instead. Deal? :-)
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We have you been David with your awesome idea? I could have used mint Bailey’s! Okay, next time I’ll make a cake, take pictures, and send it all to you. And you’ll try and let me know how it tastes:)
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