World Flavors Cookbook

Rogel (Thousand Layer Cake)

A monumental cake of thin, crispy pastry discs layered with massive amounts of dulce de leche and topped with Italian meringue.

Cuisine: Argentina

Ingredients

• 8-10 crispy pastry discs (made with egg yolks and flour)
• 1kg pastry-grade dulce de leche
• Italian meringue (egg whites and sugar syrup)

Instructions

1. Bake very thin discs of dough until crisp.
2. Stack the discs, spreading a thick layer of dulce de leche between each.
3. Top with decorative peaks of Italian meringue.
4. Lightly brown the meringue with a torch or briefly in the oven.