# Spanish/Latino Cake Recipes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610 "2007-04-11T05:52:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/1 "2007-04-11T05:52:14Z")
Hey people, For my Spanish club we’re having a pot luck and I’m going to be making some sort of dessert. I’d like to make a cake from a recipe coming from a Spanish speaking culture. Yes, I checked online, but I thought you folks would have some pretty good ideas since I trust you more than some anonymous website. There, I’ve stroked your egos, now Marc demands your recipes!!! 😛 Hell, just because I’m looking for cake recipies in specific doesn’t mean you can’t chime in with other desserts from Spanish cultures you know and love. Far be it from me to have such a limited thread topic. Have a ball folks! Marc ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/2 "2007-04-11T06:59:23Z")
[Tres Leches](http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/sweetsanddesserts/r/treslechescake.htm) is probably my favorite cake, period. I’ve never made one so I don’t have a personal recipe, but whenever I crave cake it’s what I end up buying. Other favorite desserts of mine - flan, tembleque, and arroz con dulce. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/3 "2007-04-11T07:07:53Z")
Add another vote for flan! Mmmmm! It’s hard to go wrong with it. What about churros, served with chocolate? 😉 (ETA: As in cocoa. There is a Spanish text book titled “Churros y Chocolate” that I had in High School Spanish.) Or, even sopapillias? (sp?) ETA 2: [Recipe](http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/recipe_churros.htm) for churros. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/4 "2007-04-11T07:10:10Z")
With a bit of searching, I found a cake recipe that sounds YUMMY! I haven’t tried it, but I definitely would if given an opportunity to. [Rosca de Almendra](http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/roscadealmendra.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/5 "2007-04-11T07:34:32Z")
I maintain two sites about Dominican Cooking. I can recommend two cakes: [Pudín de pan (bread cake)](http://www.dominicancooking.com/desserts-beverages/1435-pudin-pan-bread-pudding.html) for something that is easier to prepare or [Bizcocho dominicano (Dominican cake)](http://www.dominicancooking.com/forums/desserts-beverages/1446-bizcocho-dominicano-dominican-cake.html) if you are very good at baking. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/6 "2007-04-11T12:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=Mighty\_Girl] I maintain two sites about Dominican Cooking. I can recommend two cakes: [Pudín de pan (bread cake)](http://www.dominicancooking.com/desserts-beverages/1435-pudin-pan-bread-pudding.html) for something that is easier to prepare or [Bizcocho dominicano (Dominican cake)](http://www.dominicancooking.com/forums/desserts-beverages/1446-bizcocho-dominicano-dominican-cake.html) if you are very good at baking. [/QUOTE] Now I’ve got a weekend project. Thanks, **Mighty\_Girl**! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/7 "2007-04-11T13:26:55Z")
I’ve never seen real _chocolate a la taza_ outside of Spain. It should be almost solid. Best chocolate a la taza I had was what the nuns in my dorm made every Sunday: it was so thick that it would come off the walls when you tried to pierce it with a _churro_! My basic recipe for bizcocho (without the s to make it plural): take your basic American recipe for sponge cake. Cut the sugar down to about 1/5 of what’s in the original recipe. If you’re using yoghurt to help it raise, use lemon yoghurt if available; if not, add the freshly-squeezed juice of a lemon to the mixture. The advantage of giving recipes this way is that I don’t have to translate the way we give recipes in Spain to the way they’re given in the US (I’ve had three ovens with temperatures marked on them: two in the States and one in Switzerland). To make it bizcocho de cacao, don’t use lemon and add sweet cocoa powder (Nesquik works fine) to the mix. It should be just enough to start tasting chocolatey before you bake (baking raises the chocolatey flavor). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/8 "2007-04-11T13:35:43Z")
_mumbles sheepishly something about five minutes_ A favourite that’s good for receiving people at home, but not for bringing it to places because it has to be made in situ: _leche con canela_ or _leche merengada_. Hot: milk. Lots of milk. Big pot. Add lots of sugar and some vanilla (merengada) or not (con canela). Bring to a very slow, careful boil, moving it all the time as it boils to keep it from sticking (and, if it’s sugared, to dissolve the sugar). Once it’s been reduced by about 1/4 to 1/3 of its initial volume, serve in individual cups and add a bit of cinnamon to each (on top, don’t dissolve it yourself). Cold: serve milk in individual cups. Put in the freezer shortly before the meal starts. By the time you reach dessert, the milk will have started freezing: a ring of ice will have formed on each cup and the milk is lower than the ring. Take out each ring, add cinnamon to each cup. Can one get fat by thinking of food? Cos if so, I am! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/9 "2007-04-11T13:38:01Z")
Man, I love me some tres leches cake. I’ll have to try to make it sometime; the Mexican restaurant we usually go to doesn’t serve it. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-latino-cake-recipes/399610/10 "2007-04-13T01:51:49Z")
Thanks for the ideas, everyone, they’re really helpful. Marc