The Menu

Empanadas, facturas, alfajores and South American cakes, hand-crafted fresh every morning. Order ahead and collect from Delahey or Dulce Chico in Essendon — all prices GST-inclusive.

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Cakes

Vanilla Slice Cake 9 Inch

Our classic vanilla slice made as a whole cake to share. Layers of flaky pastry and silky vanilla custard, dusted with icing sugar.

$50.00

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Sponge Cakes

Fluffy sponge with a layer of dulce de leche stuffed with fresh cream & strawberries or freshly made coffee cream topped with grated chocolate

$7.00

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Miloja Cake Slice

Thousand layer cake slice - traditional Latin cake of wafer thin sheets layered with dulce de leche & walnuts and dusted with icing sugar

$7.00

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Tres Leches Cake

Sponge layered with custard & caramel soaked in 3 different types of milk mixed with imitation brandy and topped with toasted merengue. A traditional Latin celebration cake flavour!

$8.50Min 3

Vanilla Slice

Always a favourite! Our vanilla slice is pure butter puff pastry with a layer of dulce de leche and a filling of custard dusted with icing sugar

$5.50Min 2

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Fruit Drops

Bite sized pure butter puff pastry with a touch of custard topped with either strawberry, cherries, peach or apple & coconut

$3.50Min 5

Maizena - large

Cornflour & citric zest biscuit sandwiches with dulce de leche, rolled in coconut and dusted with icing sugar

$4.50

Chilenito - large

Wafer thin hand-cut biscuits layered with dulce de leche and coated with air dried merengue

$4.50Min 5

Maizena - small

Cornflour & citric zest biscuit sandwiches with dulce de leche, rolled in coconut and dusted with icing sugar

$3.50Min 5

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Fruit Tarts

Buttery biscuit tarts filled with custard and topped with either strawberry, peach, cherry or mixed fruit

$3.50Min 5

Chilenito Small

Two sheets of salty miloja dough stuck together with dulce de leche, coated in meringue.

$3.50

Facturas Argentinas mixed 8 units

A mix of Argentinian facturas. Custard, membrillo, plain & Dulce de leche

$20.00

Biscochos Uruguayos box 8 units

A mix of biscochos de grasa. 1 cuernito 1 galleta dulce 2 margarita dulce de leche 2 margarita custard 1 vigilante dulce 1 croissant salado

$20.00

Pastries

Lemon Merengue Tart

A delicious buttery biscuit tart with lemon curd and toasted merengue

$7.00

Banoffee Crown

Buttery biscuit tart shell filled with coffee cream and banana topped with fresh cream and dusted in chocolate powder

$6.00Min 3

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Palmeritas

Pure butter palmeras sandwiched together with dulce de leche and dipped in either coconut, chocolate or walnuts

$3.50Min 3

Palmera - large

A large palmera made from pure butter puff pastry and melts in your mouth

$4.50

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Berlin Doughnut

Fluffy deep fried dough filled with either custard or dulce de leche and dusted with icing sugar

$3.50Min 6

Eclair - small

A light and buttery eclair filled with freshly whipped cream and dipped in chocolate ganache

$3.50Min 3

Eclair - large

A light and buttery eclair filled with freshly whipped cream and dipped in chocolate ganache

$5.00Min 3

Triple - small

Wafer thin hand-cut biscuits layered with dulce de leche and dusted with icing sugar

$3.50

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Doughnut

Fluffy deep fried doughnuts rolled in cinnamon sugar or topped with pistachio, Biscoff or chocolate

$3.00Min 5

Caramel tart chocolate

Buttery biscuit tart with dulce de leche dipped in chocolate

$3.50

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Cachito (cannoli) - small

Pure butter puff pastry cone filled with custard or dulce de leche and dusted with icing sugar

$3.50Min 5

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Cachito (cannoli) - large

Pure butter puff pastry cone filled with custard or dulce de leche and dusted with icing sugar

$4.00Min 4

Triple - large

Wafer thin hand-cut biscuits layered with dulce de leche and dusted with icing sugar

$4.50Min 3

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Caramel Tart

Buttery biscuit tart with dulce de leche with Walnuts Merinque or Chocolate

$3.50

Empanadas

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Beef empanada - topside mince (halal) with mixed spices, one Spanish olive, two sultanas and a sliver of boiled egg wrapped in our hand crafted pastry dough Chicken empanada - chicken and mushrooms mixed in bechamel sauce & seasoning wrapped in our hand crafted pastry dough Cheese - local Alba Cheese cheddar cheese wrapped in our pure butter puff pastry Spinach & Ricotta - local Alba Cheese ricotta and spinach seasoned with nutmeg and wrapped in our pure butter puff pastry

$7.00Min 3