Here are a few popular Ecuadorian dessert recipes. In Ecuador, we have such an amazing selection of tropical fruit, that many times a simple piece of fruit, such as a mango, zapote, babaco, guanabana, granadilla, among others, can be a great dessert.
Come y bebe: Simple and refreshing Ecuadorian drinkable fruit salad made with papaya, pineapple, banana and orange juice.
Espumillas: A popular street food in Ecuador, this dessert is a meringue cream made with fruit pulp, typically guava or guayaba, egg whites and sugar.
Dulce de higos: Dulce de higos are fig preserves cooked slowly in a syrup of panela or brown cane sugar and spices.
Dulce de zapallo: Dulce de zapallo is a dessert made with squash or pumpkin simmered in a syrup of panela or hard brown cane sugar and spices.
Flan de coco: Coconut flan with orange caramel
Flan de piña: Flan de piña is a pineapple flan or custard made with fresh pineapple juice, sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla and rum.
Anabeth Acosta says
March 26, 2019 at 6:18 pmhi I’m doing a culture fair on April 16 and i want to make a famous dish from Ecuador since that is where my Grand father is from. It is so awesome that you have some of these delicous looking desserts
THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH,
Anabeth
cuppakona says
February 18, 2017 at 5:44 pmDear Laylita,
I’m an Ecuadorean citizen who has lived in the Washington, D.C. area for almost 30 years and just found your website/blog. My wife is American and loves your recipes, One of our favorites is the pan de yuca recipe. Also, the aguado de gallina is “out of this world.” Keep up the hard work!
Cheers,
Eduardo.
Heather says
September 6, 2014 at 5:26 pmHi my grandson is bringing his wife and little girl over to stay with us next year and we would love to be able to make them a meal of their favorite dishes when they get here. Thank you.
Heather Walls
Carmen Castells Horstmann says
August 9, 2014 at 8:24 pmLaylita, Con mucha felicidad encontre sus recetas Ecuatorianas!.. Yo soy Guayaquilena, pero he vivido casi dota mi vida en EEUU y tengo unas pocas recetas, pero ahora podre preparer mas de nuestros platos tipicos.
Tengo unos postres que me gustaria preparer, pero no se como….huevitos de faldiquera,
muchines de yucca con miel, y tambien los helados de los heladeros de la calle de Guayaquil – expecialmente el helado de coco. Ojala pueda aumentar estas recetas a sus paginas. Estare esperando ansiosamente para el dia que publique su libro de cocina. Podria darme gusto regalandolos a sobrinos y sobrinas quienes son totalmente “Gringos” pero siempre quieren comer los ricos platos Ecuatorianos que preparaba mi Mami.
Le agradezco a Dios por su talento en la cocina y a Ud. por compartirlo tan generosamente con todos nosotros que gozamos tanto la cocina Ecuatoriana.
Carmen
Jackie Pacheco says
June 11, 2014 at 4:01 pmHi!
I would love to see a recipe for chucula. I’ve tried making it a few times but it seems to be missing something. Thanks!
Claudia Chiqui says
April 13, 2014 at 1:07 pmHey can you post a recipe on the Huevitos Chilenos? Please! I want to make this since my mom came to the U.S over 16 years ago from Ecuador and hasn’t gone back. I really want to bring back many of her favorite foods I can’t seem to find this recipe anywhere :( thank you !!
Emily says
February 13, 2014 at 7:54 amHi Laylita,
Do you have a recipe for torta de chocolate mojada? My husband is from Quito and I’d love to make this for him for his birthday.
Love your blog! So helpful for this American woman trying to cook for an Ecuadorian man :) I can’t wait for the cookbook to come out!
-Emily
Layla Pujol says
February 13, 2014 at 2:55 pmHi Emily – Thank you! I’m planning to add more cakes/desserts this year, so will include torta de chocolate mojada on the list of desserts to add.
Laura says
October 21, 2013 at 7:48 amHola Laylita,
….What do you suggest as the best queso for the sweet empanada’s ?
Gracias
Laurita :)
Layla Pujol says
October 21, 2013 at 2:48 pmIt depends, are you going to do a mix of queso + something dulce? If you like the contrast of sweet and salty you can use queso fresco. If you prefer a more creamy mild taste then go with cream cheese. And for something different (but delicious) you could also try goat cheese (for some recipes I beat with sugar/honey and vanilla until it’s nice and smooth).
Cheryl says
May 16, 2013 at 3:15 pmLaylita,
Que le parece si podria poner una receta para alfajores de manjar de leche, por favor.
Me encanta su blog, mucho!
Cheryl
Amie says
September 12, 2013 at 2:19 pmYum an alfajores recipes would be great!
Tania Hess says
April 3, 2013 at 3:21 pmHey Laylita, would you please put all the desserts under the dessert category? I have a though time finding them!
Love, love, love you page!
Tania
Layla Pujol says
April 7, 2013 at 9:31 amI’ll update the Ecuadorian desserts (missing a few recent ones), but you can also check the main desserts section here: https://www.laylita.com/recipes/category/all/by-course/desserts/
Jennifer Gilabert says
December 2, 2012 at 7:26 pmDear Laylita,
I am wondering if you have any recipes for a torta de manzana y nuez con caramelo, like they have at Sweet and Coffe in Ecuador. My husband is from Guayaquil and I want to make him this cake for his birthday. It’s impossible to find a recipe online and I was wondering if you had one?
Muchas Gracias!!!
Jennifer
Laylita says
December 6, 2012 at 10:51 amHi Jennifer – I don’t have a recipe for that cake, just a regular apple cake: https://www.laylita.com/recipes/2012/04/15/apple-cake-recipe/