– No mixer – no problem. If you don’t have a stand mixer or a hand mixer, you still can make Karpatka cake. Use a wooden spoon to mix the eggs into the dough. Yes, it will take more time, but mixing with a machine or with a wooden spoon won’t make any difference in the texture of your choux pastry!
STEP BY STEP DIRECTIONS
FOR THE DOUGH
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/390F and prepare a 23cm/9-inch springform pan by lining the bottom with parchment paper and greasing the sides with cooking oil or butter.
2. Combine water, milk, unsalted butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla extract in a medium saucepan, then heat over medium heat until it starts simmering.
3. Remove from the heat and add the flour. Mix until no dry flour is left and bring back to the heat. Set it to low.
4. Cook for 2 minutes until the dough forms a ball and leaves a pale residue on the bottom of the saucepan.
5. Place the dough into a mixing bowl or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and let it cool down for 10 minutes. Then, add one egg and mix until fully incorporated. Repeat with the rest of the eggs.
6. Split the dough between two spring forms and spread it unevenly.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until reaching a deep golden-brown color on top. Cool down on the cooling rack completely before assembling our Polish cake.
FOR THE FILLING
1. Place milk, half of the sugar, and salt into a saucepan and heat over medium heat until simmering.
2. Combine the second half of the sugar with cornstarch in a mixing bowl. Add the egg yolks and vanilla. Whisk until a homogenous consistency is reached without lumps.
3. Add approximately ½ of the hot milk to the egg yolk mixture while whisking vigorously to temper the eggs. Then, pour the egg mixture back into a saucepan with the rest of the hot milk.
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