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Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake). Mail order treats to your door, nationwide. Whisk sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and half-and-half in a bowl. Lay the cake into the milk mixture.

Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) Tres Leches (three milk cake) is originally from Latin America. This delicious Caramel Tres Leches Three Milk Cake is a rich butter cake that is soaked three kinds of milk. The spongy cake soaks up the milks to create a one of a kind taste. You can have Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake)

  1. It's of Cake Mixture:.
  2. It's 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
  3. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of baking powder.
  4. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
  5. It's 5 large of Eggs, seperated.
  6. It's 1 cup of white sugar.
  7. Prepare 1/3 cup of whole milk.
  8. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  9. You need of Tres Leche Mixture:.
  10. It's 1/2 cup of heavy cream.
  11. It's 1 can of evaporated milk.
  12. You need 1 can of sweetened condensed milk.
  13. It's 1 tsp of orange extract.
  14. You need of Whipped Cream Topping:.
  15. It's 1 pints of whipping cream.
  16. You need 3 tbsp of white sugar.
  17. Prepare 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
  18. You need of Maraschino cherries for garnish.

Print Recipe Pin Recipe Rate this Recipe. Tres leches—or "three milks" in Spanish—is just a very moist cake that's enriched with two forms of concentrated milk and rich cream. The full dairy and vanilla flavors are a favorite in the southern U. Try serving this cake topped with a fresh berry or tropical fruit compote.

Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9×13 inch cake pan. Set aside..
  2. Sift all dry ingredients, EXCEPT for the white sugar and set bowl aside..
  3. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg yolks with 3/4 cup of sugar on high till pale yellow and almost doubled in volume. Stir in the milk and vanilla extract. Pour wet mixture over dry mixture and stir ever so gently until well combined..
  4. Beat the egg whites on high until soft peaks form. Add the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and beat until the egg whites are stiff, but not dry..
  5. Fold the egg white mixture into the batter very gently until well combined. Pour the batter into the 9×13 pan. Smooth out the batter with an offset spatula..
  6. Bake the cake until done, about 30-35 minutes. Remove cake from oven and let cool in pan for about 15 minutes. Turn over onto a rimmed platter. Pierce holes all over the cake with a fork. Be careful not to break the cake while doing this..
  7. LECHE MIXTURE: Add all ingredients into a bowl and whisk until well combined. About 5-7 minutes..
  8. Pour the leche mixture all over the cake slowly. Being sure that the whole cake gets soaked up with the liquid. Place cake in refrigerator to allow cooling for about 20 minutes while you work on making the whipped topping..
  9. WHIPPED ICING: In a stand mixture pour the pint of whipping cream. Beat on low for 3 minutes. Gradually increase the speed and start adding the sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. Now add the vanilla extract. Beat the whipped topping until firm. Ice the whole cake and garnish with maraschino cherries if desired. Place cake back into refrigerator for atleast 2 hours to firm up. The colder, the better..
  10. Enjoy!!.

Tres Leches Cake is an authentic Mexican cake soaked in three kinds of milk, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. Sheet Cake desserts are a fun and easy way to make desserts to serve for a crowd and even easier to decorate! However, tres leches is not the first cake with this concept. The Italian tiramisú is also soaked in liquid (coffee). Perhaps this was the inspiration for this version.