Traditionally, a mille-feuille is made up of three layers of puff pastry (pâte feuilletée), alternating with two layers of pastry cream (crème pâtissière), but sometimes whipped cream or jam are substituted. The top pastry layer is dusted with confectioner's sugar, and sometimes cocoa, pastry crumbs, or pulverized seeds (e.g. roasted almonds). Alternatively the top is glazed with icing or fondant in alternating white (icing) and brown (chocolate) stripes, and combed.
Not to be outdone, layer cake number two, rogel, can certainly give the chocotorta a run for its money.
This Argentine classic is a wedding cake (and café) favourite, and rightly so! An equally decadent option, this cake also hinges on the Argentine national treasure: dulce de leche.
This time, you will find it wedged between layers of crispy, paper-thin pastry. Layer upon layer is piled up until you arrive at the centrepiece, a final top layer of decadent whipped Italian meringue. The contrasting textures of crispy pastry with gooey meringue are a total success!