DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Caramel slice
Nagi Maehashi’s selected caramel slice layers its own coconut biscuit base with condensed-milk caramel and a dark-chocolate-and-oil topping. Separate butter and brown-sugar portions build the base and caramel.
About Caramel slice
Research draft based on the references below. These notes describe particular recipes and presentations; ingredient connections are still being reviewed.
Nagi Maehashi’s caramel slice stacks a coconut biscuit base, a soft condensed-milk caramel layer and a chocolate topping. She places it in the context of Australian bakeries, where the three-layer slice is a familiar sweet treat.
The base mixes flour, brown sugar, desiccated coconut and melted unsalted butter. It is pressed into a lined rectangular pan and baked until golden.
A separate portion of unsalted butter heats with brown sugar and vanilla. Sweetened condensed milk is whisked into the simmering mixture, then the caramel spreads over the base for another bake.
After the caramel has cooled, the selected dark melting chocolate is melted with vegetable oil and spread over it. Gently shaking the pan levels the chocolate surface before refrigeration sets the topping.
The slice leaves the fridge briefly before it is cut into bars or squares. Maehashi’s version brings together the coconut base, creamy caramel and smooth chocolate as three visibly distinct layers.
Ingredients in Caramel slice
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- Wheat flourbase
- Butterbase
- Sweetened Condensed Milkfilling
- Dark Chocolatetopping
- Cocoa powdertopping
- Sugarsweetener
- Caramel fillingfilling
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- Australia
- Cooking traditions
- Australian-style
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.