Recipe: Tasty Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake. I love Tres Leches cake but this is not the best recipe. The eggs need to be separated, and the whites beaten prior to adding them to the batter. I have done it both ways, and despite the extra work, separating the eggs is well worth the effort.

Tres Leches cake features three different dairy products that come together to create a cake that's moist, but not mushy, and dense with just the right amount of sweetness. This indulgent cake traces its origins back to South America, but you don't need to fly across the equator to try a piece. Whisk together the cake flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl and set aside. You can cook Tres Leches Cake using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tres Leches Cake

1. It's of Ingredients for the cake base :.
2. It's 80 g of butter unsalted.
3. It's 4 of egg whites.
4. It's 2 of egg yolks.
5. You need 1 tsp of vanilla essence.
6. Prepare 1/2 cup of caster sugar.
7. Prepare 3/4 cup of milk.
8. It's 1 cup of maida.
9. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
10. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
11. It's of Ingredients for 3 milks:-.
12. Prepare 3.5 ounces of heavy cream.
13. You need 3.5 ounces of evaporated milk.
14. It's 3 ounces of sweetened condensed milk.
15. You need of Ingredients for topping :.
16. Prepare 250 ml of whipped cream.
17. It's 1 cup of Chocolate ganache for decoration.

Tres leches means "three milks." This cake gets its name because it uses three kinds of milk—evaporated, condensed and cream. This cake's light and airy texture has made it a classic in Mexican kitchens for generations. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.

Tres Leches Cake instructions

1. Beat butter and sugar together along with egg whites. Beat until well incorporated.
2. Now beat yolks, milk and vanilla essence together until foamy..
3. In a bowl sieve maida, baking powder and salt together. Set these dry ingredients aside..
4. Mix the egg white mixture, egg yolk mixture and dry ingredients mixture together by folding.
5. Transfer the prepared cake batter in the baking dish.
6. Bake for 180°C for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean.
7. Set the cake on a wire rack to cool and prepare 3 milks by mixing evaporated milk, condensed milk and heavy cream together.
8. Poke holes in the cake and absorb the 3 milk mixture into it in 3 batches. Don't add all at once.
9. Now refrigerate the cake for 2 hours.
10. Top up the cold cake with chilled whipping cream.
11. Decorate the cake with ganache or anything of your choice. Yummy tres leches cake is ready.
12. Serve chilled and 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! Tres leches literally means, "three milks" and tres leches cake is an ultra light sponge cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture. Tres leches cake is a popular cake in Mexico and Latin America. It really wouldn't be a Cinco de Mayo celebration this easy cake recipe!