Vanilla-Caramel Pound Cake
Recipe for fluffy vanilla pound cake with dulce de leche
A fluffy, creamed vanilla-caramel pound cake with creamy dulce de leche is a dessert that will be perfect for a weekend treat, holidays, and family celebrations, and at the same time will work great in a summer menu. The delicate cake with a hint of vanilla and a distinct toffee-caramel accent literally melts in your mouth. The recipe is simple and proven: a few moments of creaming, a moment of baking, and it’s ready – an aromatic pound cake lands on the table, which will delight guests both with a cup of coffee and… at a barbecue! Just cut it into convenient slices, and it will be an excellent, sweet complement to grilled dishes when everyone fancies something light but impressive. Bake it once, and this vanilla-caramel sweetness will become a staple at your outdoor family gatherings.
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Vanilla-caramel pound cake recipe step by step
If you like simple, fluffy and slightly sweet cakes, then you must try the recipe for this pound cake with dulce de leche.
Vanilla-Caramel Bundt Cake recipe with video
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- Loaf pan approximately 27/10 cm.
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ingredients for vanilla-caramel bundt cake
- 170 g butter (soft)
- 200 g powdered sugar (1⅓ cups)
- 15 g vanilla sugar (1 tablespoon)
- 100 g dulce de leche (I used 2 very heaped and large tablespoons)
- 3 eggs (size L – preferably at room temperature)
- 225 g wheat flour (1½ cups)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 120 ml milk (at room temperature)
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How to make vanilla-caramel bundt cake step by step
Step 1 – preparations
- Turn on the oven to top-bottom heating at 180℃ or to convection and a temperature of 170℃.
- Line the baking pan with baking paper or grease it with butter and dust with flour.
- Mix together the wheat flour and baking powder.225 g wheat flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder
Step 2 – creaming the butter
- Transfer the butter to a bowl along with powdered sugar and vanilla sugar.170 g butter, 200 g powdered sugar, 15 g vanilla sugar
- Beat on high speed with a mixer for several minutes until the mixture becomes fluffy and the butter turns pale in color.
Step 3 – preparing the bundt cake batter
- To the creamed butter, add one egg at a time and a tablespoon of flour mixed with baking powder – mix briefly on low speed of the mixer – just until combined.3 eggs
- Once all eggs have been added, pour in about half of the remaining flour and mix briefly on low speed.
- Pour in the milk and mix briefly.120 ml milk
- Add the remaining flour and mix briefly – stop mixing when you can still see remnants of flour around the edges of the bowl.
- Then, just stir the mixture with a spoon.
Step 4 – preparing the caramel batter
- Set aside about ⅓ of the batter into a smaller bowl.
- Add the dulce de leche mixture to the reserved batter.100 g dulce de leche
- Mix or blend the batter with the dulce de leche mixture.
Step 5 – filling the mold with batter
- Spoon some of the vanilla batter into the bottom of the prepared pan. On top of it, spread approximately half of the caramel batter.
- Spoon out the rest of the vanilla batter and the rest of the caramel batter.
- Additionally, stir the batter layers with a spoon.
Step 6 – baking the caramel bundt cake
- Place the mold with the batter into the preheated oven and bake it for about an hour – until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- After baking, let the bundt cake cool slightly and then remove it from the mold.
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Pound cake with dulce de leche – notes
I love simple and quick cakes with a slightly sweet taste – not too sweet, but just right. And this creamed dulce de leche pound cake is exactly that. It’s supposedly with dulce de leche, but it’s not overly sweet. It will be perfect as an accompaniment to an afternoon cup of coffee or tea. Thanks to creaming the butter, the pound cake is super fluffy and light, and it also stays fresh for a long time. If you like pound cakes and simple cakes like these, then this recipe is for you!
What ingredients are essential for baking a pound cake with dulce de leche?
To prepare the vanilla-caramel bundt cake, you only need a few basic ingredients. Below I list the products I used and possible substitutes.
- dulce de leche – I used ready-made dulce de leche from a can by Gostyń. 100 g of dulce de leche is about 1/3 cup, or two very large spoonfuls of the mass – you can, of course, use a little more or a little less. It is meant to give the bundt cake a caramel flavor and a slightly caramel color.
- butter – I used extra butter with 82% fat content, but you can also use a butter blend or even vegetable butter.
- milk – I used 1.5% UHT milk, you can use milk with a different fat content, or even a plant-based drink.
- all-purpose flour – you can use any flour.
- sugar – I like to mix butter with powdered sugar because the mixture is quickly and nicely whipped and velvety. If you don’t have powdered sugar, use regular granulated sugar (use 1 cup of it) – but then mixing butter with sugar will take a bit longer.
How to vary the flavor of the caramel bundt cake?
For a slight change in the bundt cake’s flavor, you can use dulce de leche in a different flavor – for example, it could be chocolate dulce de leche or nut dulce de leche. If you don’t have dulce de leche but have sweetened condensed milk, you can cook it beforehand for about 2-4 hours – then the milk will turn into dulce de leche :) You can also use chocolate-nut cream or melted and cooled chocolate – milk or even dark – instead of dulce de leche for the bundt cake.
Additionally, after baking and completely cooling the bundt cake, you can spread dulce de leche on top, or drizzle it with melted chocolate – in that case, I recommend melting it with a bit of heavy cream to make the glaze more velvety.
Vanilla-Caramel Bundt Cake Storage
How should the dulce de leche bundt cake be stored? I recommend transferring it to an airtight container with a lid, or covering it with a cake dome. This way, the bundt cake will not dry out and will stay fresh for a long time. The dulce de leche bundt cake can also be frozen for about 3 weeks.
I hope this vanilla-caramel bundt cake will taste as good to you and your loved ones as it does to me and my family. I would be very happy if you share your impressions in the comments under the recipe afterwards.
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