Alfajor de Trujillo

Alfajor de Trujillo is a typical kind of alfajor from Trujillo, a Peruvian city. The alfajor de Trujillo is manufactured since old times and has several layers and it can be of different sizes and shapes as round or square. It is made mainly with products as flour, butter, eggs and milk, filled with milk candy, some pineapple sweet and in some cases peanuts, with cookies within its layers. The most famous company manufacturing this products in Trujillo is Dulcería Castañeda.^[1] It is one of the products presented in the Gastronomic Fair in Trujillo.

Variants of the alfajor de Trujillo

Some of the most popular are the following variants:

• Alfajor Castañeda, it is made in Trujillo city and manufactured by Dulcería Castañeda.
• King Kong milk candy, it is made in Trujillo city and also in Lambayeque city.

See also

• Gastronomic Fair in Trujillo
• Marinera Festival
• Trujillo Spring Festival

References

External links

• Location of Trujillo city (Wikimapia)
• Alfajor Castañeda

Media

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trujillo (Perú).

• Gallery of images
• Cultural Promotion Center of Trujillo