Crème Brûlée Cake

Ohhh yes 😍✨ A Crème Brûlée Cake is basically the fancy dessert of your dreams in cake form—creamy custard layers with a caramelized sugar top, but soft and sliceable. Here’s a clear, doable recipe:

🍮 Crème Brûlée Cake

Ingredients

For the Cake

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp baking powder

• ¼ tsp baking soda

• ¼ tsp salt

• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened

• ¾ cup sugar

• 3 large eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt

• ½ cup milk

For the Custard Layer

• 1 cup heavy cream

• 4 large egg yolks

• ½ cup sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

For the Caramelized Topping

• ¼ cup sugar (for brûlée effect)

Instructions

1. Bake the Cake

   • Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line an 8-inch round pan.

   • Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

   • Cream butter + sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.

   • Mix in sour cream/yogurt. Gradually add flour mixture alternating with milk until smooth.

   • Pour into pan, bake 25–30 min, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.

2. Make the Custard

   • Heat cream in a small saucepan until just simmering.

   • Whisk egg yolks + sugar until pale. Slowly temper with hot cream, stirring constantly.

   • Add vanilla.

   • Pour custard over cooled cake in the pan. Bake at 325°F (160°C) in a water bath for 25–30 min until set but slightly jiggly in the center. Cool completely, then chill 2–3 hours.

3. Caramelize the Top

   • Sprinkle sugar evenly over the custard layer.

   • Use a kitchen torch to caramelize until golden and crisp. (Optional: broil for 1–2 min, watching closely.)

4. Serve

   • Slice carefully. The cake should have a creamy custard layer with a crisp caramel top—just like traditional crème brûlée, but in cake form.

Tips & Tricks

• Water bath prevents the custard from cracking.

• Chill fully before torching the sugar for best caramelization.

• Can make ahead: assemble and chill; torch sugar just before serving.

• Optional: sprinkle a tiny pinch of sea salt on top for a salted caramel twist.

This cake is elegant enough for dinner parties but easy enough for home baking 😌

If you want, I can give a simpler, one-pan version that combines cake and custard without the water bath. That one’s less fussy but still dreamy.