The Perfect Alfajores Cake Recipe
“Alfajores cake with white chocolate, shredded coconut, and dulce-de-leche. Scrumptious, tasty, and super indulgent!”
Oshrit Matzliah
Original Recipe Author
If you want to get a good taste of a Spanish treat, then you must try Alfajores cakes. They’re tender yet firm, with a chocolate cover that crumples off slowly as you bite into it! And the best part? It’s not that hard to make!
Our Alfajores cake recipe will make you feel like you spent hours in the kitchen with how scrumptious they taste. Be careful, though, you might get bombarded with endless compliments from your friends and family!
Why this Perfect Alfajores Cake Recipe is A MUST-try:
The Perfect Alfajores Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Base:
- 1 egg
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 butter stick (100 g)
- 1½ cups cornstarch
- ½ tbsp. baking powder
- 2 tbsp. shredded coconut
- 7 oz. dulce-de-leche (200 g)
- 2 tbsp. shredded coconut
Mousse:
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup milk
- 25 fl. oz. heavy cream (750 ml)
- 7 oz. white chocolate (200 g)
- 1 package vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 cup shredded coconut
Frosting:
- 2 tbsp. milk
- 7 oz. dulce-de leche (200 g)
- Garnish:
- ½ cup shredded coconut (or more, as needed)
Instructions
Base:
- Place the dulce-de-leche and two tablespoons of shredded coconut on the side.
- Mix the rest of the ingredients into a smooth dough.
- Move the dough into a baking pan and pat it down firmly.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 320°F (160°C) for 20 minutes, then let it cool.
- Spread the dulce-de-leche on the crust, then sprinkle the two spoons of shredded coconut on it.
- Let it cool down completely.
Mousse:
- Place the white chocolate in a bowl with ¼ cup milk in the microwave and melt it.
- As it’s cooling down, mix the heavy cream, cup of milk, and vanilla pudding mix until it thickens.
- After that, add the shredded coconut and the white chocolate mixture and combine until evenly distributed.
- Pour the new mixture on the crust and let it cool for about four hours in the freezer—you can leave it overnight if you like.
Frosting:
- Place the dulce-de-leche and milk in the microwave and heat them up until they’re lukewarm.
- Stir them both and pour the mixture over the cake.
- Set the cake in the freezer for about ten minutes to allow it to stabilize.
- Once the ten minutes are up, remove the cake from the pan and decorate it with the shredded coconut.
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