This is my pièce de résistance!!

I’ve never made something so involved (I had to make literally everything from scratch).

This was for my partner’s birthday, so it would’ve been well worth the work, even if it turned out to be “just good”.

But it was INSANE. Genuinely the most delicious thing I’ve ever made, as confirmed by multiple people lol.

I compiled a bunch of recipes for the individual elements (largely from this sub!), and made the rest up as I went.😅

From the bottom to the top, the layers:
– Chocolate Pâte Sucrée
– Salted Caramel (wet caramel base)
– Milk Choc Praline Crunch (homemade praline butter + chocolate + homemade feuilletine)
– Dark Chocolate Creameaux (holy shit)
– Chocolate Mousse (Crème Anglaise base)
– 2x whipped Salted Caramel (leftover salted caramel, whipped and added leftover whipped cream)

Toppings: extra chocolate praline crunch and feuilletine shards

Even though it was super involved…10/10 would make again.

by JayeBakes

39 Comments

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  2. NiceToYourFace

    Oh my goodness. Looks amazing and the scientific break down of the layers is top notch.

  3. TheBalatissimo

    Wonderful work, love the descriptions

  4. FruFruMom

    Love the anatomy of the slice! I need this

  5. Calm-Teaching8245

    I don’t know what was better, the photos of the delicious cake or the very thorough annotations. A master and a teacher!

  6. bunniesgonebad

    As a pregnant woman…I hate that I saw this at 8 pm on a week day 🙁

  7. Mundane_Instance6164

    I need this is in my mouth
    Like now.
    Fantastic work.

  8. Noodle_Nostril

    That looks sooo delicious! Now I’m craving something sweet, but I want what you made!

  9. taylorthestang

    Hey OP where’s the chocolate? Titles a little misleading

  10. clitter-box

    i envy anyone who got to eat a piece

  11. Mswarmbooobs

    I want to live inside those layers. 😍

  12. Pure_Ruin_

    I would die if someone made anything like this for me

  13. ninaa-secrets

    Quiero una de esas, se ve deliciosa

  14. a-light-at-the-end

    You have spoiled us all with this diagram.

  15. DaneAlaskaCruz

    My god.

    This is the sexiest, most delicious, most detailed dessert I’ve ever seen on this sub.

    I’m envious, but also happy for you and your partner.

    I’d like to make this or something similarly complex, just to know that I can.

    Well done!

  16. thirdcoasting

    I just involuntarily made that guttural Homer Simpson food noise 😂😂

  17. Breatheitoutnow

    This looks delectable! I love the way you diagrammed the pic too OP

  18. falawfel

    ……..can I have 1 whole one for myself please

  19. archy319

    I didn’t realize I’d need a geology degree to understand this recipe 

  20. DownrightDejected

    Good Lord, cut me a slice and put me in a coma. 🤤

  21. Bella_HeroOfTheHorn

    Please please please give more of a recipe, I must make this for myself (I mean, my family) and I wouldn’t know how to stack the layers (let them set? Pour right in?)

  22. ThinkDeepWithV

    Okay, this looks delicious! I’m suddenly craving something sweet. My mouth is watering just thinking about all the different flavors.