Wafer Crumbs: A Step-by-Step Recipe for a Crispy Cake Layer (Video)

If you bake delicious cakes and delight your friends and family with unique desserts, you've probably wondered how to make your own wafer crumbs. Today, we'll take a detailed look at wafer crumbs and offer a simple step-by-step recipe for this popular confectionery ingredient.

How to Make Waffle Crumbs: A Step-by-Step Recipe

Nutritional value per serving

450.0 kcal

Proteins: 6.0 g
Fats: 13.0 g
Carbohydrates: 77.0 g

*Nutritional value is calculated per 100g of ingredients

Total time: 30 min
Time in the kitchen: 30 min
Complexity:

A simple recipe.
Number of servings: 1

Wafer crumbs are simply crushed fragments of thin, caramelized wafers that don't become soggy when in contact with cream. Thanks to their properties, these confectionery toppings remain crispy for a long time, adding a special piquant flavor to various sweets.

The first waffles were made by confectioners as early as medieval Europe. Various variations of crispy waffles were especially popular in Belgium, Germany, France, and Scandinavia. In the 20th century, waffles went from being a stand-alone delicacy to an essential ingredient in various recipes.

Today, the scope of application of wafer crumbs is quite wide, but primarily it is:

decorative design of cakes and various desserts (used as a sprinkle, as a base for decoration, and also as a sprinkle on the sides);
making ganache;
an exquisite crispy layer for cake (used in recipes for Ferrero Rocher, Etude, Merry Bear and many others);
A crunchy ingredient in a recipe for chocolate candies that you can make at home.

Today, stores sell ready-made crispy cake layers from various domestic and international manufacturers. The most popular is Royaltine (or Feuilletine) crumble, which contains:

wheat flour;
coconut oil;
invert sugar (in the form of syrup);
concentrated butter;
malt extract;
rapeseed lecithin;
emulsifier;
Colorings and flavorings may be added.

If you'd like a more natural-looking wafer filling or topping, we suggest making your own crumbs at home, using this simple step-by-step wafer crumb recipe with detailed photos of each step.

The ingredients in the recipe will yield about 70 grams of ready-made wafer crumbs, and the preparation will take no more than 30 minutes.

Step-by-step recipe for wafer crumbs

Waffle crumbs – a simple recipe for making at home

Ingredients

Servings

Butter

30 G
Egg white

30 G
Powdered sugar

30 G
Flour

30 G

Preparation

Step 1

The ingredients are simple and readily available in any kitchen. Our recipe calls for one egg white, weighing 30 grams. If you find you have slightly more or less egg white, we recommend increasing or decreasing the quantities of the other ingredients accordingly.

All ingredients must be at room temperature!

Step 2

Combine softened butter with powdered sugar and beat with a hand whisk until the mixture becomes fluffy and lighter.

Step 3

Add the egg white and mix vigorously until smooth.

Step 4

Sift the flour and knead the dough.

If you want a chocolate topping, replace some of the flour with cocoa powder.

Step 5

After kneading, you should get a soft, elastic, homogeneous mass like the one in the photo.

Step 6

From the resulting amount of dough, we will get two wafer cakes, so we divide the mixture into two equal parts and apply a thin layer onto the baking base.

You can use:

oiled parchment;
silicone paper;
Baking mats.

The layer of dough should be very thin, almost translucent. For clarity, we apply the first half of the dough to a dark base.

Step 7

Bake each cake in the oven at 160℃ for about 10 minutes (until it’s a nice golden brown, as in the photo).

Step 8

Immediately remove the wafer paper from the grill to prevent the thin layer from burning. Let the cake cool and separate it from the base.

Step 9

We crush the finished biscuits by hand.

Do not use a blender or food processor to chop the mixture, otherwise you will end up with wafer flour instead of fine crumbs.

Step 10

Pour the finished product into a dry glass jar.

Important! The wafer crumbs described in our instructions can be stored for a long time in an airtight container without refrigeration. The main rule is to avoid sudden changes in temperature and humidity.

Also watch a detailed video tutorial on how to make crispy waffle crumbs at home: