Ukrainian Dulce de Leche Waffle Cake
Ukrainian Dulce de Leche Waffle Cake: classic and easy 3-ingredient dessert your whole family will love! This waffle cake is the easiest dessert, requires only 3 ingredients and about half hour of your time!
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This dessert had always been a staple at every Slavic home and it’s a must at Christmas! These can last for a week in refrigerator and you never get tired of eating them. Our family, just like any other Slavic family love dulce de leche filled desserts, such as this cake, Peach Pastries and Oreshki.
These wafers are hard to find, but I was able to find them for you on Amazon, click here. They are pricier than in store, but if you have any European store, they will have them there for sure. We have an Asian market in our area, and most of their products are the same as you’d find in any European store plus more. Therefore, we get these wafers along with all the other goodies from them and not the actual European store.
Ukrainian Dulce De Leche Waffle Cake Ingredients:
- 2 packages plain wafers (9 layers, 9” diameter)
- 2 (14 oz) cans dulce de leche
- 1 stick unsalted butter (softened)
How to Make Ukrainian Dulce de Leche Waffle Cake:
In a medium bowl, combine 2 (14 oz) cans dulce de leche and 1 stick unsalted softened butter. Beat on high speed until smooth, about 3 mins. Spread cream on wafers, making sure to cover the edges. Cover only 1 side of each wafer layer and keep stacking until you have 5 layers. Place cake under a cutting board with a pot of water on top. Place plastic food wrap between each 5-layer cake to keep the dulce de leche from getting onto exterior side of each cake (you don’t want it messy). Let is sit under the press for an hour. Slice it up and enjoy or wrap each 5-layer cake separately into plastic food wrap and refrigerate. These taste better cold!
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Ukrainian Dulce de Leche Waffle Cake
Ingredients
- 2 packages plain wafers , (9 layers, 9" diameter)
- 2 (14 oz can) dulce de leche
- 1 stick unsalted butter - softened
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine 2 (14 oz) cans dulce de leche and 1 stick unsalted softened butter. Beat on high speed until smooth, about 3 mins.
- Spread cream on wafers, making sure to cover the edges. Cover only 1 side of each wafer layer and keep stacking until you have 5 layers.
- Place cake under a cutting board with a pot of water on top. Place plastic food wrap between each 5-layer cake to keep the dulce de leche from getting onto exterior side of each cake (you don’t want it messy). Let is sit under the press for an hour.
- Slice it up and enjoy or wrap each 5-layer cake separately into plastic food wrap and refrigerate. These taste better cold!
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Olya Kasianova says:
Love this cake! Definitely reminds me of my grandma.
Olga in the Kitchen says:
So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Nadia says:
These reminded me of childhood. I made for my American friends for Easter and it was a crowd-pleaser, they said they never tried anything so good. I sent them all to your blog because I also made your spartak cake and pizzelles. All recipes were very delicious and turned out perfectly.
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Thank you for that great review, Nadia! So happy to hear all of these recipes were enjoyed.
Sharee says:
We were so excited to try these as we had tasted them and they were yummy. But when we tried ours turned out with the wafers being extremely soggy – the caramel seeped into them and it was like eating a soaked ice-cream cone. What did we do wrong??
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Sounds like you put too much dulce de Leche between the layers. If using the same or similar wafers as in the recipe, you want to add the filling just to one side and don’t be generous, instead scrub off the excess (as much as you can, without flattening the squares of each wafer). Once you’re done with assembling, keep these in refirgerator. Because these wafers are light and airy, too much filling would make these cakes soggy.
Pam Stephens says:
I made this for our son’s birthday yesterday and he was so happy! I found the wafers online at Amazon. He turned 26 and we adopted him from Ukraine when he was 9 years old along with his 5 year old brother. I remember eating this cake in Ukraine while we were there. His first bite and he said it was as he remembered and it brought back his childhood. I look forward to making some of your other recipes for the boys. I am sure some of these other foods are things they ate in childhood. Thanks so much, Pam
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Aww thank you for sharing that with us, Pam! I’d say a good 40% of my recipes at the moment are the foods we ate as kids back in Ukraine, hopefully they will like these as well 🙂
susan says:
Making these and babka for a Ukrainian fundraiser at my church this evening, May God keep you and bless you and your family, extended family during this time. i am providing your website and information about the desserts tonight to all that attend. thank you for sharing these wonderful family recipes.
Olga in the Kitchen says:
You’re very welcome and thank you for all of your support!
Jacqueline says:
I would like to make this for some Ukrainian refugees but the only waffles available in my home town are those in a packet which have a sweet filling. Would they be a good substitute? I could probably split them in two and thenadd the filling from the recipe
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Hi! You need wafers without filling for this recipe. If you type ‘veselka wafers’ into Amazon, there are few listings that pop up with plain wafers. Many readers buy off Amazon who have no access to it in local European markets.
Leyla says:
The easiest dessert! I had no idea I could find these waffles at my local Asian store. I went and got 10 packs and enjoyed these over the holidays. These are addicting. Thanks Olga, I’m so happy I found your blog. You’re my new favorite now 🙂
Olga in the Kitchen says:
Thanks Leyla, you’re too sweet 🙂 I’m so happy you discovered my blog!
Olesya says:
I think every weekend is a must for these waffles. This is one dessert that you can never get enough of. So good, kids go crazy about this. So am I and my husband 😄 thank you for the recipe!
Olga in the Kitchen says:
You’re very welcome Olesya and thank you for a beautiful review 🙂
Kelsy S. says:
We don’t have any European stores around us so I ordered from Amazon. I don’t regret paying more than you would in store for the waffles because this dessert is so easy and soooo good.
Olga in the Kitchen says:
I so agree with you!!