Borracho

Drunken Cake

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Preparation info
  • 16 to 20

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

Borracho is a very simple dessert to prepare. It can be prepared with various bases: pound cake, vanilla cake, sponge cake, or ladyfingers. Just prepare the syrup, sauce and assemble it.

Ingredients

Rum Syrup

  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ½ cup dark rum
  • cups

Method

  1. In a small pot mix the sugar and ¾ cup of water, and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and let cool for 10 minutes. Add the rum and pitted prunes and set aside. (This can be left overnight for stronger flavored prunes.)
  2. In a blender mix the milk, sugar, yolks, flou