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Postre Chajá
Uruguayan layered sponge cake with peaches, meringue, whipped cream and dulce de leche.
About Postre Chajá
Postre Chajá is a Uruguayan layered dessert named for the light-feathered chajá bird. This profile follows a peach version built from genoise, meringue, whipped cream and dulce de leche.
Dulce de leche supplies deep caramelised milk sweetness, balanced by juicy peaches and softly sweetened cream. Crisp meringue adds clean sugar sweetness while the sponge absorbs peach syrup.
Slices reveal pale sponge, white cream and meringue, golden dulce de leche and peach pieces in distinct layers. The textures move from soft, syrup-moistened cake to airy cream and brittle meringue fragments.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg, Wheat (gluten), Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Postre Chajá
Uruguayan Chajá with Peach, Meringue and Dulce de Leche.
- Whole eggsGenoise structure
- Caster sugarGenoise and meringue sweetness
- Wheat flourGenoise structure
- ButterCake-mould greasing
- Egg whitesCrisp meringue
- Icing sugarMeringue and cream sweetness
- SaltMeringue seasoning
- Canned peach halves in syrupFruit layers and soaking syrup
- Heavy whipping creamWhipped cream layers
- Dulce de lecheCaramelised milk layer
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole eggs:
- Caster sugar:
- Wheat flour:
- Butter:
- Egg whites:
- Icing sugar:
- Salt:
- Canned peach halves in syrup: . The source specifies canned peach halves in syrup; the exact product formulation and syrup composition are not supplied
- Heavy whipping cream:
- Dulce de leche: . The source does not provide the dulce de leche's full commercial formulation
Origins & food traditions
196 Flavors supplies the complete selected Uruguayan Chajá recipe with genoise, baked meringue, peaches, cream and dulce de leche. Latin American recipe author Laylita independently identifies Torta Chajá as a Uruguayan cake and corroborates the characteristic meringue, cream, dulce de leche and peach layers.
Countries
- Uruguay
- UruguayCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Uruguayan Cuisine
- Uruguayan CuisineCatalogue link pending review