Dulce de Leche | My Colombian Recipes

12 Must Try Colombian Breads

There are a million good reasons to visit Colombia. The people, for starters, are friendly, happy, warmhearted, generous, and culturally vibrant. Then there’s the landscape consisting of wonderful beaches, tropical trees, heavily laden with sweet ...

Dulce de Leche and Coconut Roll (Pionono de Arequipe Y Coco)

By Erica Dinho 34 Comments

Pionono also known as Brazo de Reina is a popular dessert in Colombia and other Latin America countries. There are many variations of the pionono, but it is generally filled with fruit preserves, puddings or whipped cream combined with fresh fruit, ...

12 Traditional Colombian Cakes

By Erica Dinho 5 Comments

Colombian cuisine consists of a large collection of dessert recipes for just about any occasion. Today I want to share 12 Traditional Colombian Cakes that can be made all year round as well as for special occasions. Oh, and in case you missed it, ...

Alfajores (Dulce de Leche Cookie Sandwiches)

By Erica Dinho 47 Comments

Alfajores are popular in Colombia as well as other parts of South America. I don’t love to bake but Alfajores are my favorite cookies and I just had to make them for my recipe blog. These delicate dulce de leche sandwich cookies are ...

Chocolate-Dulce de Leche Lava Cake

By Erica Dinho 11 Comments

Does anyone need a great Valentine’s Day dessert recipe? These lava cakes are absolutely delicious! Rich, chocolate cake, oozing with chocolate and dulce de leche inside. If that’s not dessert heaven, I don’t know what is. I suppose the name says it ...

Pan de Banano y Arequipe) Banana and Dulce de Leche Bread

By Erica Dinho 10 Comments

Many of us have a favorite dessert flavor. For most people, it's chocolate, for others, it' s citrus, for some it's vanilla or mint. But whatever it is, it' s the flavor that you just can't resist whenever you see it on a menu or in a store. For me, ...

Dulce de Leche and Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast

By Erica Dinho 8 Comments

I admit, I have a bit of an obsession with dulce de leche, or Arequipe as we call it in Colombia. A couple of weeks ago, after eating a few tablespoons of dulce de leche for breakfast, I created this Dulce de Leche and Cream Cheese Stuffed French ...