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
- 500 grams of dulce de leche
- 2 cups whipping or heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- banana or vanilla extract
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Form a ball with the dough wrapped it in plastic film and let stand at least 1/2 hour in the refrigerator.
- 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.
- Bake on baking sheet for 5-7 minutes until just begin to brown, remove and cool on wire rack.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Top with whipped cream, then I mixed the dulce de leche with the remaining whipped cream to decorate with a star-shaped tip.
- 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.
- Leave the cake in the refrigerator overnight, serve.