Alfajor Cake

1. Stage

Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

2. Stage

Beat butter with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of bowl as needed, about 2 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

3. Stage

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until incorporated after each addition, about 30 seconds. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4. Stage

Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl until combined. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

5. Stage

Add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating alternately with the milk, starting and ending with the flour mixture, and beat until combined after each addition. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

6. Stage

Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and turn to coat dough. Knead dough 2 or 3 times. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

7. Stage

Divide dough into 5 equal pieces and shape each piece into a ball. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

8. Stage

Working with 1 ball at a time, roll dough into a 7-inch circle. Place dough circles on 2 large rimmed baking sheets lined with parchment paper (I fit 3 circles on 1 sheet and 2 on the other). Chill dough circles, uncovered, for 1 hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

9. Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Prick each dough circle lightly with a fork.

10. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until browned on bottom and light browned around the edges, 15 to 18 minutes. (If baking in 2 batches, keep second batch refrigerated while first batch bakes.) Cool cake layers completely on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.

11. Stage

Spoon dulce de leche into a medium bowl. Beat cream with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, about 6 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

12. Stage

Gently stir half of cream mixture into dulce de leche until combined. Gently fold remaining cream into dulce de leche mixture until combined. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

13. Stage

Spread 1/3 cup of the dulce de leche mixture onto 1 cake layer, spreading to edges. Place onto a serving platter with dulce de leche mixture facing up. Repeat process with the next 3 cake layers (this is easier to spread on cake layers before placing on platter). Spread remaining 2/3 cup dulce de leche mixture onto fifth cake layer and place on top. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

14. Stage

Let stand 1 hour. Dust top of cake with powdered sugar and serve. Cover any leftovers with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator up to 1 day. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios