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Alfajor Cake

5

195 min

Alfajor Cake

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Category

Cake Recipes

Time

195 min

Serving

8 persons

Calories

506

Rating

5.00★ (2)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
Alfajor cake is made with layers of shortbread-like cookies and dulce de leche cream - simply delicious!

Ingredients

  • unsalted butter: 6 Tbsp (softened)
  • white sugar: 0.33333 cup
  • eggs: 2 piece
  • ½ cups all-purpose flour: 2 piece (plus more for dusting)
  • cornstarch: 0.5 cup
  • baking powder: 1 tsp
  • kosher salt: 0.5 tsp
  • whole milk: 0.5 cup
  • dulce de leche: 1 can (13.4 ounce can)
  • heavy whipping cream: 0.5 cup
  • powdered sugar: 0.25 cup (or as needed)

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  2. Beat butter with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of bowl as needed, about 2 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  3. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until incorporated after each addition, about 30 seconds. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  4. Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl until combined. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  5. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating alternately with the milk, starting and ending with the flour mixture, and beat until combined after each addition. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  6. Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and turn to coat dough. Knead dough 2 or 3 times. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  7. Divide dough into 5 equal pieces and shape each piece into a ball. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  8. Working with 1 ball at a time, roll dough into a 7-inch circle. Place dough circles on 2 large rimmed baking sheets lined with parchment paper (I fit 3 circles on 1 sheet and 2 on the other). Chill dough circles, uncovered, for 1 hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  9. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Prick each dough circle lightly with a fork.
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  10. Bake in the preheated oven until browned on bottom and light browned around the edges, 15 to 18 minutes. (If baking in 2 batches, keep second batch refrigerated while first batch bakes.) Cool cake layers completely on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.
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  11. Spoon dulce de leche into a medium bowl. Beat cream with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, about 6 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  12. Gently stir half of cream mixture into dulce de leche until combined. Gently fold remaining cream into dulce de leche mixture until combined. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  13. Spread 1/3 cup of the dulce de leche mixture onto 1 cake layer, spreading to edges. Place onto a serving platter with dulce de leche mixture facing up. Repeat process with the next 3 cake layers (this is easier to spread on cake layers before placing on platter). Spread remaining 2/3 cup dulce de leche mixture onto fifth cake layer and place on top. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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  14. Let stand 1 hour. Dust top of cake with powdered sugar and serve. Cover any leftovers with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator up to 1 day. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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