Mireille's favorites/ Sweets & Desserts BY:Mireille PUBLISHED: 03/21/2018 UPDATED: 01/14/2024

Sweet Bunuelos Tortilla Cream Cheesecake

Sweet bunuelos tortilla cream cheesecake is a real treat!

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Okay, I admit this cake is not so good for the hip and thighs but if you want to try a different kind of cake, this is the one. The cream cheese filling is not that sweet it is in perfect balance with the rest of the cake. Want to learn how you can make sweet bunuelos tortilla cream cheesecake? Let’s get started!

Sweet Bunuelos Dessert Ingredients

To make sweet bunuelos tortilla cream cheesecake I use the following ingredients:

3 small flour tortillas
Sugar
Coconut/Palm sugar
Cinnamon
Homemade Nutella
Cocoa powder
Raspberries
Blue berries
Cream cheese
Vegetable oil for pan frying

You can find all the ingredient amounts and instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

How To Make Sweet Bunuelos

Put the sugar, palm sugar, and cinnamon on a big plate and stir through. The preheat a small pan that fits one tortilla.

I do not like to heat a big pan of oil as I do not want to throw away a lot of oil so use a small pan. This works very well.

Just put 5 to 6 tablespoons of oil in a small skillet.

When you put the tortilla in hot oil, it will puff up and brown in a matter of seconds. So be prepared with your tongs to scoop them out of the oil when they brown.

Turn the tortilla to fry the other side.

When you take them out of the frying pan and put them straight into the sugar cinnamon mix your sweet treat is ready.

With the oil on the tortilla, the sugar will stick to the tortilla. You can put them on kitchen paper to drain excess oil.

However, I find that when you fry them at the right temperature for a couple of seconds you do not get a lot of excess oil.

Now it is time to layer your cake. You start with a bunuelos, then spread some (homemade) Nutella on top. Then a ring of cream cheese.

Push the cream cheese down a little with a spoon. Sprinkle some of the cinnamon sugar on the cream cheese.

Repeat with a second layer and add cocoa powder. For the final layer, I start with Nutella again but decorate the whole top with cream cheese.

Sprinkle with a little sugar mix and cocoa powder. Finally, decorate with some raspberries and blueberries.

The colors look so pretty on the sweet bunuelos cheesecake.

Delicious Bunuelos Recipe

Have you ever tried bunuelos? Bunuelos might be the easiest sweet tortilla recipe that you can find.

In fact, it is a sugared pan-fried tortilla. As they are so easy to make you can actually make them fresh when family and friends come over.

But to prevent your house from smelling of fried food all day long you can easily make them in advance.

For this cake, I used 3 small tortillas because when you eat a piece of this pie, be prepared to not eat it for the rest of the day.

Because you will be full.

However, you can stack it up as high as you like. I have seen bunuelos cake up to 8 layers.

Decorating Options For Sweet Bunuelos

Nuts – if you like nuts you can put some whole or finely chopped roasted almonds, pecan, or walnuts on the top layer of the Sweet bunuelos tortilla cream cheesecake
Honey – drizzle some honey on the top layer of the Sweet bunuelos tortilla cream cheesecake for some extra sweetness
Syrup – if you do not like honey, substitute it with syrup instead
Fruit – layer on the fruits. I only used the fruit to decorate the top but you can put a slice of pineapple between every layer or slice some strawberries and put them inside the cream cheese ring per layer. What about thin slices of banana on every bunuelos. Apples or apple pie filling will work really well with or without the cream cheese. As you can see the options are endless

More Dessert Recipes

If you love desserts then you have to take a look at all of these dessert recipes and give them a try:

Sopapilla cheesecake – is a lovely dessert that is quick and easy to make. You can sprinkle it with cinnamon sugar and serve it chilled
Apple pie enchiladas – if you love apple pie filling turn it into an apple enchilada
Tortilla cups – a sweet dessert made with tortillas
Banana Nutella quesadillas – really simple to make. All you need is a baking tray and an oven
Dessert empanadas with blueberry – these fruit empanadas will fly off the table. They are fried and slightly sweet

Have fun with this sweet bunuelos tortilla cream cheesecake recipe!

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