Dulce de Leche Waffle Cake
Easiest recipe for waffle cake made with dulce de leche.
Servings: 10
Calories: 302kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup (250g) Butter (softened)
- 13 oz (370g) Dulce de Leche (or cooked sweetened condensed milk)
- 7oz (200g) Dry Waffles
Instructions
- Beat the softened butter until fluffy. Then add the dulce de leche. Beat until well combined. The cream will be a light caramel color.
- Place one waffle sheet on the table. Add some of the cream filling. Cover thoroughly from edge to edge filling all the little waffle holes.
- Place a second waffle sheet on the top of the first one. Gently press it down all around. Make sure not to overfill the waffle sheets as the cream will come out from the edges once you press down on the cake.
- Continue to frost each layer and add another waffle layer on the top until all the layers are used up. The top layer should not have any cream on the top.
- Place a cutting board and something heavy (like a full tea kettle or water karafe) on the top to press the cake layers together. Let stand for at least 2 hours.
- Remove the heavyweight from the cake and cut into desired pieces.
- Store covered in the fridge.
Notes
-Once the cake stands in the fridge, the layers of butter and dulce de leche will stiffen up. The waffles taste great that way. You can also take out the waffles half an hour before serving for a more softer version.
Make Your Own Dulce de Leche
-You will need a can of sweetened condensed milk. Place it into a pot and cover with water. Bring the water to a boil, then reduce to lowest setting and cook for at least 3 hours. Add more water to keep the can covered during cooking.
-Remove the label from the can prior to cooking. I also recommend removing the glue that is on the can and that holds the label. Otherwise, it will leave a residue in your pot and make it unusable for future cooking (you don’t want the residue landing in your food).
-If your can of condensed milk is more than 270g, you can add all of it to the butter. Please note there might be a slight change in taste as the butter to dulce de leche ratio will be different. Also, you will have left over frosting.