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Berlín (berlín)

A small round cake filled with manjar, the caramelised milk spread of Chile, and dusted with icing sugar. Very popular in Chilean panaderías, it has a soft, lightly golden sponge. It's mostly eaten as an afternoon snack with coffee.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and lightly butter a round tin about 20 cm wide.
  2. Whisk the eggs with the sugar for 5 minutes until pale and frothy.
  3. Add the oil, milk and vanilla, then mix gently.
  4. Fold in the sifted flour and baking powder all at once, without overworking the batter.
  5. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until the top is golden and a knife comes out clean.
  6. Let it cool slightly, then turn out onto a rack. Slice the cake horizontally to form two discs.
  7. Spread the manjar over the bottom disc, then top with the second disc.
  8. Dust with icing sugar before serving.

Variations and tips

Individual version. Pour the batter into small muffin moulds and reduce the baking time to 10 minutes.

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Original Ecomely recipe.