Banana, dulce de leche one thousand layers cake

This a cake at is famous in my hometown, it was everyone favorite, always present on any celebration. Is a modification of the traditional One thousand layers with the addition of whipped cream and a flavor, most of the time it was banana, but you could order it with an almond flavor too. Is a great cake and I made it to celebrate my birthday!


Banana one thousand layers
Ingredients:12-15 servings
For the dough,

•     2 eggs
•     8 egg yolks
•     50 grams soft unsalted butter (if using salted, not add more salt)
•     2 cups sifted flour
•     1/3 teaspoon baking powder
•     Pinch of salt
•     3-5 tablespoon of orange juice

for the filling,

•     500 grams of dulce de leche
•     2 cups whipping or heavy cream
•     2 tablespoons sugar
•     banana or vanilla extract

Directions:

1.     Two days before serving the cake make the dought and bake it. Preheat oven to 180C or 350F. Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
2.     If using a stand mixer, use the paddle attachment, add butter and beat until incorporated into the flour, add 1 egg, beat until incorporated, add another egg and repeat, do the same for each egg yolk, let mixed for 2 minutos to form a dough,  if after adding all the ingredients is still very dry, keep adding the orange juice one tablespoon at the time, keep mixing until a soft and very elastic dough form, knead about 5 minutes more.
3.     If doing by hand: make a volcano with the flour and add to center the butter, eggs and yolks and incorporate, at first I usually work with 2 forks and when everything is more mixed start to knead with my hands, work the dough until smooth and elastic.
4.     Form a ball with the dough wrapped it in  plastic film and let stand at least 1/2 hour in the refrigerator.
5.     Divide dough into 12 equal pieces, generously flour the counter and roll the dough until very thin, cut using a plate about 23 cm (9') in diameter. Repeat with the other pieces. 
6.     Bake on baking sheet for 5-7 minutes until just begin to brown, remove and cool on wire rack.
7.     The next day make the whipped cream: beat the cream until it forms soft waves, add the sugar, beating until sugar dissolves and stiff peaksform. Add the banana extract (I use 2 teaspoons) and stir to incorporate, test and adjust the flavor and sweetness to taste.
8.     The dulce de leche needs to be at room temperature and be lightweight, not like jelly, but as a mayonnaise, add milk or cream to thin it, stirring until incorporated. I add 4 tablespoons of milk.
9.     Fill the first layer with dulce de leche, continue with alternating thin layers with whipped cream, gently pressing each layer to be form a compacted cake.
10.     Top with whipped cream, then I mixed the dulce de leche with the remaining whipped cream to decorate with a star-shaped tip.
11.     I use a transfer cake to decorate the cake up, are easy to use, but should be placed on the day you will serve the cake, I did it the day before and cracked a little.
12.     Leave the cake in the refrigerator overnight, serve.

Iced Coffee Chilean style (Tavelli)

When I lived in Santiago, Tavelli coffee store was a beloved stop for me. I loved having iced coffee during the summer, it is the perfect treat to have before going to the movies or with friends. Since besides the iced coffee included whipped cream and ice cream is a full meal.
Iced coffee is so simple that you need to used the best ingredients to make it, brew an espresso, buy or make a good vanilla ice cream (not diet) and use sugar and heavy cream.

Homemade iced coffee, Chilean style
2 people

Ingredients:

•      2 espressos (1/2 cup)


•      1 1/2 cup cold milk, I use skim


•      2 teaspoons granulated sugar (for milk)


•      vanilla ice cream


•      1 cup whipping or  heavy cream


•      1 tablespoon granulated sugar (for whipped cream)

Directions:

1.      First, make the espresso and mix with cold milk and sugar, stir and taste, if you like it sweeter add more sugar, let it cool.


2.      Remove ice cream from the freezer for easy serving.


3.      Whip the cream by hand or with a hand mixer, when star showing soft peaks about 2 minutes, add a tablespoon of granulated sugar and continue beating until the cream is whipped and hard peaks.


4.      In tall glasses or cups to serve ice cream, serve scope of vanilla ice cream until 1/3 of the glass is fill, add cold milk with coffee almost to the rim of the glass, leaving 1' free and add the whipped cream.


5.      Serve immediately.