Dominican Desserts - Top Most Popular Dessert Recipes + Videos

There are dozens of Dominican dessert recipes in our blog. Most are part of the traditional Dominican repertoire, while others are recipes of my own creation. It occurred to me that the best way to welcome anyone looking for Dominican desserts is to present them with the best of our selection.

Of course, that would be impossible to agree upon, so I'll go with second-best: Most-shared on social media. It's a consensus (of sorts), so if anyone has made this decision, it's our readers.

Now we're talking! Before I started writing this, if you'd asked me what I thought would be the most popular Dominican dessert on our blog, this would have been one of my top two choices.If you've never tried Dominican Cake, I'm going to tell you why it's so special: It's very light and airy - it basically melts in your mouth. It's usually filled with pineapple jam, which gives it a bit of tartness that works very well with this cake, but our recipe also gives you other filling options like guava, vanilla pastry cream, dulce de leche fudge, and others. The Italian meringue topping is so airy and fluffy that it doesn't compete with the cake itself.

Flan is not uniquely Dominican, it's as popular here as it is nearly everywhere in the Hispanic world, so it should not come as any surprise.If you're looking for a decadent, luxurious dessert that takes very little effort to make, I've got it right here. If you're looking for a non-traditional version, try this Coffee Liqueur Flan, or if you are a vegan, try this Auyama Flan than can be made with vegan ingredients.

I expected to find this one atop the list (this is why I do not gamble), but hey, no. 2 is also good. Habichuelas con Dulce is truly a Dominican invention. While investigating its origins, Aunt Ilana discovered other similar dishes, but none were close enough to be recognized as the ancestor of this dish.This is one of the most popular desserts in our country, a mixture of beans, sweet potatoes, raisins, dairy, cinnamon, cloves, and other spicesIt is traditionally served during the Lenten season and Easter and prepared in large quantities to share with family and neighbors.

Another non-surprise. Arepa is a very popular dessert in our country. It contains simple, easy-to-find ingredients, and has a unique combination of flavors and consistency. This is a dish with a complicated name. Arepa is used throughout Latin America for other, very different corn-based dishes, while here it is a dessert (although there's a savory version too).In some parts of the country, the name "arepa" is used for yet another non-corn-based dish, and this one is called "torta" (which is also a generic Spanish name for cake). Separated by a common language indeed.

This is the most popular dulce de leche (fudge candy) in our country, little cubes with cookie-dough-like consistency that you can buy by the side of the road, roadside eateries, and Dominican colmados.

There is rice pudding in almost every country in the world, each one with a different touch and different combinations of ingredients, but the Dominican rice pudding has its own secret that makes it special: spices. You can't miss one of our favorite desserts.

I feel like I'm repeating myself here, but this is yet another dessert that is popular all across Latin America. Tres Leches is a spongy cake bathed in a sweet milk sauce and topped with either whipped cream (my favorite) or meringue (I've seen both). It has a nice combination of textures, and when served chilled (as it should) it makes you wish that the moment never ends.If you feel like trying something different, we have an amazing coffee liqueur Tres Leches Shots that are the kind of things grown-ups dream about, and if you're looking for a kid-friendly dessert, I've also turned it into a Paleta de Tres Leches (popsicle).

Pudin de Pan is another dish that has its equivalent in many other countries, each adding its own little touch. Ours has a great combination of spices going for it and a juicy, chewy texture that I love.This is the perfect way to get rid of day-old bread, but it's so good that I sometimes buy fresh bread (and let it sit for a day) so that I can indulge. I have also created a spinoff of this recipe that is somewhere between bread pudding and flan.

I'm not surprised that Dulce frío is so popular. Trifles are a thing nearly everywhere, so it has resonated with Dominicans and non-Dominicans alike. They look fancy, as does this one, but can be very easy to prepare, and requires no baking.I must confess that my recipe is slightly more complex than the traditional one, but I can assure you that it's worth it, and I can see that many people agree.

One our most beloved desserts, this exceedingly luscious spices corn pudding is one of those traditional desserts that we always choose given the choice. Lucky us that it's so easy to make it, especially with the method I use in this recipe.