[Sca-cooks] OT OOP Russian cake question

[Solwerlad]

Sounds A LOT like the Russian (USSR, to be more precise) version of the Napoleon cake.
The pastry is millefeuille, and the filling is either the sour-cream
kind (the cheaper version) or a sort of zabaglione, perhaps with flour
in it.

The more layers you make, the more luxurious the cake is considered to
be :-)


Solwerlad,

who grew up in USSR, but never really liked that kind of cake.



Bac> I have a student this year who is Russian - her family has only been in the  
Bac> US for a year - and her mother sent her classroom staff a wonderful  cake for 
Bac> Christmas.  Her mother does not speak much English and we have no  idea what 
Bac> this is, but it's yummy!
 
Bac> It is many layers (at least 10) of very thin pastry of some sort  alternating 
Bac> with a cream sort of filling.  The pastry looks sort of like  graham crackers 
Bac> and is about the same thickness, but is not as sweet and is  much softer and 
Bac> moister.  I do think there are crushed graham crackers or  something similar 
Bac> on top.  The filling looks more like vanilla pudding than  anything, but I was 
Bac> getting a slightly tangy taste that makes me think it might  either be 
Bac> sour-cream based or have a small amount of lemon or something in  it.  No blatantly 
Bac> obvious spicing.
 
Bac> Anyone have any idea what this might be, or better yet a recipe?
 
Bac> Brangwayna Morgan