World Flavors Cookbook

Torta Rogel

Name: Torta Rogel
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Uruguay
Ingredients: 8 thin pastry discs (hojaldre style), 1kg high-quality dulce de leche, 4 egg whites, 300g sugar (for meringue)

A spectacular multi-layered cake consisting of crispy pastry discs, lots of dulce de leche, and Italian meringue.

Cuisine: Uruguay

Ingredients

8 thin pastry discs (hojaldre style), 1kg high-quality dulce de leche, 4 egg whites, 300g sugar (for meringue)

Instructions

1. Bake the thin discs until crispy. 2. Stack them, spreading a thick layer of dulce de leche between each layer. 3. Make a stiff Italian meringue with egg whites and hot syrup. 4. Cover the top of the cake with meringue spikes.