Mary’s Chiffon Chaja Cake Recipe with Homemade Dulce de Leche

Mary’s Chiffon Chaja Cake Recipe with Homemade Dulce de Leche

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Try your hand at this traditional Chaja Cake recipe and satiate your sweet tooth. Homemade dulce de leche recipe included!

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Ingredients

  • 7 large eggs, room temperature, separated
  • ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar, divided
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup whole milk, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons Mary’s Cognac Barrel Aged Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 (15-ounce) cans of peach slices packed in heavy syrup
  • ¾ cup peach syrup reserved from the canned peaches
  • ¾ cup water
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 7 to 10 ounces vanilla meringue cookies, depending on how generous you want to be with the crushed meringue!
  • 1 batch of my Stabilized Whipped Cream recipe
  • Dulce de leche

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