What to do with leftover dulce de leche

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Dulce de leche is similar to caramel, but made with condensed milk.

It is used in desserts, as a topping or as a filling for cakes.

Find out how you can use up leftover dulce de leche – we’ve selected some of our favourite recipes.

Recipes using dulce de leche

How to use up leftover dulce de leche

Dulce de leche muffins
Put 2-3 tbsp dulce de leche into a plastic freezer bag, then snip off one corner. Half-fill muffin or fairy cake cases with muffin batter (find a basic muffin recipe at deliciousmagazine.co.uk), then pipe small blobs of dulce de leche into the centre. Top with the remaining batter, then bake.
Iced coffee
Brew 500ml black coffee, leave the cool, then chill. Meanwhile, heat 200ml whole milk in a pan until just simmering, then add 1 1/2 tbsp dulce de leche and stir until dissolved. Cool, then chill. Stir the cold milk mixture into the coffee, then pour into 2 glasses filled with ice.
Salted caramel filling
Beat 150g slightly salted butter (at room temperature) with 200g icing sugar until fluffy. Add 3 tbsp dulce de leche and a pinch of salt, then beat until smooth. Use to decorate a 20cm cake or batch of 12 cupcakes.