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Kitty Crider of the Austin American-Statesman recently interviewed pastry chef Dunia Borga, known in Dallas for her Cuatro Leches cake—a twist on the traditional tres leches (three milks) cake—that "begins with a vanilla sponge cake, coarser than American butter cakes but strong enough to hold up to the sauce of three milks poured over it. Then it is covered with a caramelized Swiss meringue and dotted with the arequipe [dulce de leche, or caramel sauce]."
Still not sold? Sarah Phillips of Baking911 sampled Borga's cake at her restaurant La Duni a few years ago and says, "It beats any tres leches cake on the planet, and I have eaten a lot of them! I was interested in the recipe because a few years ago I was on the best tres leche cake quest, and I think this one is the best I have EVER EVER tried in my whole life, and it still holds the title, in my mind. My friends and I must have had a dozen pieces (and then some) of this cake in two days...."
If you're nowhere near Dallas but would like to try cuatro leches, Borga's put the recipe up on her website so you can bake it yourself. Send me a slice if you do!
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2 Comments:
I saw this, and live too far away from Duni, and I took it upon myself to bake this cake for Easter. Wow what a cake. I decided if I'm gonna make dulce de leche like this, I'm gonna make a lot. Now I have 4 cans of this stuff. 4 cans 4 hours boiling, and 8 hours cooling overnight in the water bath. The next day was the cake. Made in a kitchenaid pro, and with 9 inch pans, and magi-strips the cakes came out smelling heavenly and dense. While the cakes were cooling the caramel was made, and the tres leche filling was created. I goofed up and added an extra ingredient. whole, condensed, evaporated, and heavy whipping. Otherwise everything else turned out just fine. The frosting of the cake was a bit of tricky. The cake was very moist and absolutely divine!
jdolanie at 12:45PM on 04/09/07
Good to know!
(I'll be anxiously awaiting my slice in the mail, jdolanie!)
Lia Bulaong at 1:40PM on 04/09/07