Dulce de leche cake
A decadent cake with brown butter cake layers and rich dulce de leche buttercream!
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You can't add too much of the dulce de leche to the buttercream as it is gooey by nature and will cause your icing to become runny, delicious but unstable. So follow the recipe and if your buttercream begins to run add a skewer through the cake layers and pop it into the fridge to chill. Once it's set continue icing the cake.
To get FLAT layers that are moist inside and out try using cake strips! You can buy a set online or make your own from foil and paper towels at home. I made a whole blog post on it so check it out if you’re interested!
You can make this recipe as a sheet cake and add as much dulce de leche to the buttercream as you'd like.
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Just made this cake, and it was a HUGE hit at the office! I also learned a few new things as I had never worked with dulce de leche, vanilla paste or cake strips --- all good additions :-)
I followed the recipe exactly except I used dulce de leche that was brought back from Uruguay, and I think may be similar to Argentinian dulce de leche. I mention this because the consistency is more like a spread and not pourable, and it incorporated into the buttercream perfectly without making the buttercream unstable. You can find this on Amazon if you want to try it.
I will be making this again SOON because it was so good, I want some more please! :-)
Thank you for sharing!!
lOOKS AMAZING! Why dont you use cake flour?
Hi John,
I'm Maryam homebaker from Malaysia. I always follow you recipes through youtube. I wanna know whether i can use whole egg instead of only egg white? I think it will be a waste if not using it.
I am unable to find vanilla bean paste, is there a substitution?
Am I able to to omit or substitute the vanilla bean paste?
Hi, I tried baking this cake last week and it came out so yummy. I baked it in convection oven and made using cake strip... but it turned out a little sticky... could you please advice me as to what cud have gone wrong. Thanks a lot...
Hi John,
I ended up having time to make the cake day of my dad 60th, and it was a HUGE hit at the surprise party. My coworkers loved the leftovers as well :) This is definitely a 5-star keeper recipe in my book - many thanks!! I cannot wait to try more of your recipes for every occasion.
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