For me nothing beats dulce de leche, or arequipe, in a dessert, not even chocolate 
The truth is, my favorite way to eat dulce de leche is with a spoon directly from the container. Now that makes me happy just thinking about it!
But sometimes I like to create desserts with it and today I want to share a delicious Dulce de Leche Cake that you can bake for Valentine’s Day or any day you feel like celebrating.
Buen provecho!
Ingredients:
For the cake:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup milk
6 tablespoons of dulce de leche
For Dulce de Leche glaze:
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup dulce de leche
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch salt
Directions:
1. To make the cake: Preheat oven to 350°F and butter a cake pan.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3.Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale, then add vanilla.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, beat in milk and dulce de leche until combined.
5. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, mixing until each addition is just incorporated.
6. Spread batter in cake pan. Bake in center of oven until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
7.Cool in pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then run a knife around edge of pan. Invert onto rack and cool completely, about 45 minutes.
8.To make the glaze: Place cream, dulce de leche, vanilla and a pinch of salt in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring often and cook for 10 minutes.
9. Pour hot glaze over top of cake, allowing it to run down sides.
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Dang, that looks good – and you’re right, would take much willpower not to just eat it!
¡Qué delicioso debe estar!.
Buen día
Wow! I love how the dulce de leche is running down the cake. It looks so delicious.
wow i really wanna make this cake!!!! what size is the cake pan?
Tania-9-inch round cake pan.
how glorious, erica! dulce de leche is welcome in anything and everything, as far as i’m concerned!
OMG this made my mouth water …it also took me back to eating spoon fulls arequipe with a glass of milk or eating mazamorra with arequipe ay que rico!!!!
Thank you everyone!
Wow this looks so delicious! Can’t wait to try it. Erica do you know a good website where they sell the dulce de leche, and more products from Colombia? Since where i live i can’t find many things.
Thanks.
amigofoods.com/
Dulce de leche/arequipe, Colombian groceries, and other Latin groceries.
It’s my favorite dessert flavor too! I’ll be making this cake soon … my girlfriends will kill me for ruining everyone’s diet, but that’s not gonna stop me!
Hi Erica, I looooove your site! I am looking forward to doing this cake! Do you recommend using the store bought Arequipe, or the one from your recipe? Will it give the same tasty results? Thank you!
Hi Cynthia, I used store bought arequipe for this cake, but can use homemade arequipe.
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