Traditional brazilian wedding cake

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INGREDIENTS:

  • 8 egg whites
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 3 tablespoons powdered sugar + more to decorate
  • 1 cup dulce de leche


    • METHOD:

    Beat the egg whites, then fold in the yolks until they're fully mixed.
    Add the sugar and mix until incorporated.
    Add the flour, baking powder and lemon zest, and mix together by hand.

    Pour into a pan lined with buttered parchment paper and bake in a 350°F oven for ten minutes.

    Mix the lemon juice with three tablespoons of powdered sugar.

    Stamp out the cakes with cookie cutters the size of the pan you're going to use.

    Add one layer of the cake to the pan and brush with the lemon sauce.
    Add a layer of dulce de leche.
    Add another cut layer of the cake on top, brush with more lemon sauce, and add another layer of dulce de leche.
    Add last layer of cake on top.

    Dust with powdered sugar.

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    COMMENTS / REVIEWS

    1. C
      CJ McD

      Perfect and simple to make. My husband loved it!

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      kookie in London

      I used your recipe as a starting point and then added a few of my own things.

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      susan briscoe

      LOVE IT! now my go to recipe.

    4. D
      Diana

      You are a culinary genius! We loved the recipe.

    5. E
      Erin

      Thank you for a delicious recipe

    6. M
      Madeline

      This was a really tasty and easy recipe.

    7. E
      Ellen

      This is one of my husbands favorite things I make. I found your recipe years ago and he still requests it! Thanks!

    8. M
      Mark L.

      Made this tonight and it was wonderful!

    9. S
      Susan

      So months later I finally found time to make this five minute recipe.

    10. C
      Chelsea

      Simple, delicious. Thanks for another great recipe.

    11. J
      Jancd

      Thank you for this recipe.

    12. S
      Stevie

      I'm totally hooked. I will make this often. It is amazing.

    13. N
      Natalie

      Love, love, love it.Made it twice now

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