Bizcocho Dominicano

Name: Bizcocho Dominicano
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Dominican
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup butter, softened; 4 eggs; 1 cup whole milk; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp almond extract; Syrup: 1 cup orange juice, half cup sugar, 3 tbsp white rum; Meringue: 4 egg whites, 1 cup sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, pinch cream of tartar

Bizcocho Dominicano (bees-KO-cho do-mee-nee-KAH-no)

Dominican Cake

⏱ Prep Time 2 hours

📈 Difficulty Hard

👥 Servings

🔥 Calories 414 kcal

A moist, buttery yellow cake soaked in a rum-orange syrup and covered in a fluffy meringue frosting, the essential cake for Dominican birthday celebrations.

Nutrition & Info

Protein 5.0g

Carbs 58.0g

Fat 18.0g

Protein Carbs Fat

Dietary

vegetarian

Allergen Warnings

⚠ eggs ⚠ dairy ⚠ gluten

Equipment Needed

stand mixer or hand mixer two round cake pans wire rack offset spatula

Presentation Guide

Vessel: cake stand

Garnishes: meringue swirls, sprinkles

Accompaniments: served standalone at celebrations

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, softened
4 eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
Syrup: 1 cup orange juice, half cup sugar, 3 tbsp white rum
Meringue: 4 egg whites, 1 cup sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, pinch cream of tartar

Instructions

1
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
2
Mix flour and baking powder. Alternately add dry ingredients and milk to the butter mixture, starting and ending with flour.
3
Add vanilla and almond extracts. Pour into two greased and floured round cake pans. Bake at 175C for thirty minutes until golden.
4
Make syrup by boiling orange juice with sugar until dissolved. Remove from heat and add rum. Poke holes in warm cakes and pour syrup over.
5
For meringue frosting, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until stiff and glossy.
6
Stack cake layers, fill and frost generously with meringue. The meringue should be tall and swirled dramatically.

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Did You Know?

No Dominican birthday is complete without a bizcocho, and many Dominican bakeries in New York specialize exclusively in this style of cake for the diaspora community.

Chef's Notes

Equipment Tips

stand mixer or hand mixer
two round cake pans
wire rack
offset spatula

Garnishing

meringue swirls, sprinkles

Accompaniments

served standalone at celebrations

The Story Behind Bizcocho Dominicano

Bizcocho dominicano is the crown jewel of Dominican celebrations, a cake so central to the culture that birthday parties are sometimes simply called "bizcochos." The cake itself is distinguished by its rum-citrus syrup soak, which keeps it incredibly moist, and the towering meringue frosting that gives it a dramatic, festive appearance. Dominican bakeries have elevated this cake to an art form, and the tradition has traveled with the Dominican diaspora to cities like New York, where Dominican cake shops are neighborhood institutions.

🕐 Traditionally enjoyed birthdays, weddings, and celebrations 📜 Origins: European cake tradition adapted in DR

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