Crepe Cake With Citrus Cream

From Recipe+. The cook time is the chill time. Suggested you serve with a berry salad (recipe posted separately) - Berry Salad .

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 Crepe Cake

Ingredients

• 300  ml  thickened cream
• 1  teaspoon vanilla essence
• 250  g cheese
• 1⁄3 cup icing sugar
• 1  teaspoon lemon zest (finely grated)
• 1  teaspoon orange zest (finely grated)
• 2  tablespoons  orange juice (freshly squeezed)
• 8  crepes (chilled or frozen, thawed)
• 1⁄4 cup  sliced almonds (toasted)
•  icing sugar (to serve)

Directions

1. Using an electric mixer, beat cream and essence in a small bowl until soft peaks form.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, sugar and zests in a medium bowl until smooth and beat in juice and then fold in the whipped cream.
3. Place 1 crepe on a serving plate; spread with 1/3 cup of cream mixture and top with another crepe and repeat layers using remaining crepes and cream mixture finishing with a crepe and then cover and chill for at least 1 hour.
4. Sprinkle crepe cake with the almonds and lightly dust with icing sugar.