Prepare A Coconut And Dulce De Leche Cake
If you want to prepare an easy and delicious dessert, you can choose from these recipes that we present below. The coconut and dulce de leche cake is very easy to make. Perhaps the biggest complication is in the base and if you want you can buy it already made.
It is an ideal sweet to have a snack or take at any time with a good glass of milk. You can decide if you want to prepare it in the oven or not, both delicious. Take note of the ingredients you will need.
Coconut and dulce de leche cake recipe with oven
Ingredients
For the mass
- 1 1/2 cup of flour (200 g)
- 1/2 cup of butter (100 g)
- 1/4 cup of sugar (50 g)
- 1 egg
- A yolk
- 1 teaspoon of yeast (10 g)
- a pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring (optional)
Fill and cover
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cup of grated coconut (200 g)
- 4 1/4 cup sugar (250 g)
- 1 teaspoon of honey (15 g) (optional)
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon (5 g) (optional)
- Zest of half a lemon (optional)
- 1/2 kilo of dulce de leche you can make it yourself or buy it
Utensils
- 1 bowl
- 1 roller
- Oven
- 1 pan
- 1 spoon
Preparation
- First, preheat the oven to 180ºC.
- Next, sift all the dry ingredients : the flour, the sugar and the yeast. Do not skip this step, it is essential for the base to be perfect.
- Beat the butter and sugar until smooth, until you have a uniform cream.
- Then, add the egg, the yolk and the vanilla flavor to the buttercream and sugar.
- Add the dry ingredients that you had previously sifted.
- Then mix everything to form a compact and smooth dough.
- Roll out and put on a buttered pan.
- Bake for 3-4 minutes at 180 ºC on a tray placed in the middle or lower part of the oven.
- Take out of the oven and when it is warm, cover with a good layer of dulce de leche, up to the edge of your cake.
- Then, prepare a cream with the coconut, the sugar, the honey and the eggs, the cinnamon and the lemon zest and put on the dulce de leche.
- Finally, put it back in the oven preheated to 180 ºC and let it cook for about 15 minutes. Be careful with the coconut, don’t let it burn too much.
Sweet milk and coconut cake without oven
This recipe is super easy to make, it is the typical cake for beginners in baking, but it looks great if you do it with care. In addition, even your children can help you. We assure you that it is delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 packages of round or square Maria type cookies flaky
- 1 tablespoon of sugar (20 g)
- 1/2 kilo of dulce de leche
- 2 1/2 cup of grated coconut (200 g)
- Half a glass of milk (100 ml)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Ground cinnamon
- Lemon peel
- 1/4 of glass of cognac (50 ml)
Utensils
- 1 bowl
- 1 removable pan
- A spoon
- 1 plate
- 1 saucepan
Preparation
- First, heat the milk with the sugar, the cinnamon stick and the lemon peel, until it takes on flavor. Let it temper. If you want to skip this step, you can use meringue milk that they sell in supermarkets, it is very rich and will give your cake a very special flavor.
- Then put the milk on a plate with a nice splash of brandy.
- Next, soak the cookies one by one in the milk and form the first layer in the pan.
- Put a second layer of dulce de leche.
- Then, alternate layers of cookies with layers of dulce de leche, like this until it reaches the desired height.
- Finish by sprinkling plenty of grated coconut on top and cinnamon powder.
- Put it in the fridge for a few hours until it takes shape. Do not remove it from the mold until it is cold.
Additional tips
- Use premium ingredients for this coconut and caramel cake. A good dulce de leche and a fresh grated coconut.
- If you can use a removable or silicone lunchbox, much better. The classic metal lunch boxes are sometimes not good allies, the dough stays stuck in them.
- You should also take care that the coconut does not cook because it will be bitter.
- Also, do not serve your coconut cake until it is completely cold.
What are you waiting to put these recipes into practice? As you can see, they are very easy to prepare. Your family and friends will be fascinated and surprised. They will want more!
