Churro Cake

This Brazilian Churro Cake Recipe features sweet sticky dulce de leche in between layers of moist and buttery cinnamon cake, all wrapped with cinnamon sugar all around. It’s a beautiful cake that’s easy to make and perfect for many occasions, like birthdays and beyond!

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Brazilian churro cake – Your Newest Obsession!

Oi Gente!

I’m so excited to bring this post to you today because this churro cake has become an obsession of mine and it’s about to become yours, too!

First of all, it’s so delicious. It’s moist, sweet, has a dense cinnamony buttery crumb, and yes, dulce de leche, on dulce de leche, on dulce de leche.

On top of that, this dulce de leche cake is so easy to make that you can make it just because.

BUT it’s so pretty to look at that you’ll want to feature it at the center of a dessert table or at your next birthday celebration or something.

Seriously, what’s better than a beautiful layer cake where you don’t actually have to make any filling for? It’s just bake, spread, stack and you’re ready to celebrate and eat!

I’m telling you, even if you’re not a savvy or patient baker, this easy cake is about to become your newest obsession!

I hope you love it as much as I do.

Bom Apetite!

Ingredients you’ll need to make this Brazilian Churro Cake

The list of ingredients you’ll need to make this cake are your usual cake baking ingredients, like flour, sugar, eggs, butter, milk, and baking powder.

Other than that, you’ll also need some ground cinnamon, and of course, the dulce de leche for the topping and filling.

Here’s a breakdown of the ingredients:

• Large Eggs
• Whole Milk
• Unsalted butter
• All-purpose flour — I have not tried to make this cake with another type of flour or a gluten-free flour blend. If you try it, let me know how it goes!
• Granulated sugar — also known as white sugar, this adds sweetness to our cake batter and the cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Vanilla extract — splurge for the real deal. This really makes the other ingredients of the cake sing together.
• Baking powder — this is our leavener. Be sure yours is fresh!
• Ground cinnamon — to add some wonderful churro flavor to the cake, as well as the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
• Kosher salt — Diamond Crystal is my go-to brand. It’s a finer grain kosher salt.
• Dulce de leche — you’ll need two cans of this. You can find it in the Latin aisle of your local grocery or can make your own, as I show here: Instant Pot Dulce de Leche.

Yes, meus amigos, in Brazil, and other places in South America, a classic churro is stuffed with sweet dulce de leche. If you haven’t tried a churro this way, you have got to add it to your list.

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Equipment

• Bowls
• Spatula
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Hand mixer, or whisk
• Baking spray
• Three 8-inch round cake pans
• Cooling rack

How to make a Churro Cake (AKA a Dulce de Leche Cake)

Anytime you’re baking a cake, start by preheating your oven, so that by the time you’re done making the cake, the oven is nice and hot and ready to bake.

Same goes for prepping the pans. You need to have the pans sprayed, or greased and floured before the batter is ready. This way, your cake batter won’t sit a few extra minutes with active baking powder, waiting for you to get the pan set up.

Mix the dry ingredients. In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.

Cream the butter and sugar. Mix the butter and the sugar until smooth in a stand mixer or with a hand mixer. Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing between each addition.

Add the dry ingredients and hydrate with the milk. This is a 5-part mixing process that always starts and ends with the dry ingredients (the flour mixture), and the wet, in this case, the milk, goes right in between. Make sure to mix well, so all ingredients are incorporated after each addition.

Bake. Pour the light and fluffy batter into the greased cake pans, and bake!

How to make the Churro Cinnamon Sugar Topping

While the cake is baking you can prepare this simple churro cinnamon sugar topping. just mix 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 a tablespoon of cinnamon in a plate or a bowl, and set aside.

After the cake is baked let it cool completely.

With a small pastry brush, brush the sides of the cake with a little water, then roll the cake sides on the cinnamon sugar topping.

Now, you’re ready to start stacking it!

Dulce de Leche Filling

There’s nothing to prepare here, so this filling couldn’t be easier! All you need to do is open the cans of dulce de leche and spread!!

I usually spread half a can of dulce de leche in between every layer, then I use a whole can on top!

And that’s it, amigos.

Your Brazilian churro cake is all done and ready to serve.

This SWEEEEET cake is perfect for so many occasions, from birthdays, to Sunday brunch and even simple backyard weddings!!

Frequently Asked Questions

Other Brazilian Cakes you’ll love:

• Brigadeiro Cake Recipe
• Bolo Nega Maluca – Brazilian Chocolate Cake
• Brazilian Carrot Cake
• Key Lime Cake Recipe

More Brazilian Desserts to Try

• Brigadeiro Recipe – Brazilian Fudge Balls
• Pudim de Tapioca – Brazilian Tapioca Pudding
• Pave de Chocolate – Brazilian no-bake Chocolate Biscuit Cake

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