Thai Tea Crepe Cake 🧋🍰
By RichardObradovic |
Desserts |
Thai |
Apr 03, 2026 |
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Description
Thai Tea Crepe Cake is a luxurious layered dessert made with delicate thin crepes and a silky Thai tea cream filling. The flavor is rich, fragrant, and gently caramel like, with the unmistakable aroma of Thai tea turning every slice into something elegant and memorable. 🧡
Hook ✨
Soft paper thin crepes and silky Thai tea cream create a dessert that feels premium, dramatic, and instantly more special than the usual pudding style sweets. 🍰
Ingredients
- Crepe batter
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- 🥚 4 eggs
- 🥛 500 ml whole milk (2 cups / 17 fl oz)
- 🧋 20 g Thai tea leaves (about 4 tbsp / 0.7 oz)
- 🌾 180 g all purpose flour (1½ cups / 6.3 oz)
- 🍬 50 g sugar (¼ cup / 1.8 oz)
- 🧂 1 g salt (¼ tsp / 0.03 oz)
- 🧈 50 g unsalted butter, melted (3½ tbsp / 1.8 oz)
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- Thai tea cream
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- 🥛 400 ml heavy cream, cold (1⅔ cups / 13.5 fl oz)
- 🧀 250 g mascarpone or cream cheese (8.8 oz)
- 🍬 80 g powdered sugar (⅔ cup / 2.8 oz)
- 🧋 30 ml strong Thai tea concentrate (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
- 🌿 5 ml vanilla extract (1 tsp / 0.17 fl oz)
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- Topping
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- 🍬 10 g powdered sugar (1 tbsp / 0.35 oz)
- 🧋 2 g Thai tea powder or finely crushed tea leaves for dusting (1 tsp / 0.07 oz)
Preparation
- 1️⃣ Infuse the milk
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- Warm the milk gently, add the Thai tea leaves, steep for 10 min, then strain and cool completely. 🧋
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- 2️⃣ Make the batter
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- Whisk eggs, Thai tea milk, flour, sugar, salt, and melted butter until smooth, then strain for a silky batter. 🥣
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- 3️⃣ Rest the batter
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- Cover and chill the batter for 30 min so the crepes cook evenly and stay tender. 🛋
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- 4️⃣ Cook the crepes
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- Cook very thin crepes in a lightly buttered nonstick pan, about 20–22 cm (8–8½ in), for 30–45 sec per side, then cool completely. 🍳
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- 5️⃣ Make the cream
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- Beat mascarpone, powdered sugar, Thai tea concentrate, and vanilla until smooth, then fold or whip in the cold cream until thick and spreadable. 🍰
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- 6️⃣ Layer the cake
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- Place one crepe on a plate, spread a thin layer of Thai tea cream, and repeat until all crepes are stacked into a tall cake. 🧡
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- 7️⃣ Chill the cake
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- Refrigerate the cake for at least 3 hours so the layers set cleanly and slice beautifully. ❄️
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- 8️⃣ Finish and serve
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- Dust the top with powdered sugar and Thai tea powder, then slice with a sharp knife and serve chilled. 🍽️
Total Time
🕒 Prep: 30 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 35 min
🛋 Rest: 210 min
⏰ Total: 275 min
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