Cajeta Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream

Name: Cajeta Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Latin American
Ingredients: Chocolate Devil's Food Cake (recipe here); Swiss Meringue Buttercream (plus 2 tsp ground cinnamon); 10 oz cream; 8 oz bittersweet chocolate; 1 quart goat or cow milk; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped; 2 cinnamon sticks; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 cup heavy cream; 8 oz mascarpone; 1 tsp vanilla extract (homemade vanilla recipe); 1/4 cup cajeta or dulce de leche

Instructions

Often called "Mexican caramel," cajeta is rich and flavorful, although it isn't truly caramel. Regardless, it works perfectly with chocolate cake, cinnamon buttercream and some mascarpone cream.

Updated at: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:36:23 GMT