Week 15: Layers - Mille Crepes Cake [Baking]

Intro from Baking Challenge: This week's challenge is layers. There's a lot of room for interpretation, as anything with layers works - cakes, cookies or cookie bars (rainbow cookies, anyone?), trifles, baklava and more! Savory dishes work well for this challenge as well - especially casseroles!

For as involved as this cake was, it was SO MUCH fun to make.  After making the batter and filling the night before, I really got into a groove making the crepes and then assembling the cake.  Not to mention, it was so delicious.  A perfect light treat for the first real days of spring.

I used the recipe from here.  One note, there is a bit of a typo under the directions for making the crepes.  It says, "carefully turn the crepe over and continue cooking for a few minutes longer."  Only cook it for a few seconds on the second side!  These really don't need long to cook; they were perfect with almost exactly one minute on the first side and 5-10 seconds on the other.  I just used a normal nonstick frying pan and sprayed some Pam for Baking into the pan before cooking each crepe - no special crepe pan necessary!

Also, please enjoy this far better photograph than I could ever hope to take myself!  A friend who does this professionally happened to be at the BBQ I brought the cake to, and she graciously snapped a few shots for me!