Recipe: Appetizing Tres Leches Cake

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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.

Tres Leches Cake An ultra light cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture and topped with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon. Tres Leches Cake a must try Mexican dessert! It's a deliciously rich and moist, milk-soaked cake that always gets compliments every time it's served. You can Have Tres Leches Cake using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Tres Leches Cake

  1. It's of Cake Base.
  2. Lets Go Prepare 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
  3. Lets Go Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
  4. Lets Go Prepare Pinch of salt.
  5. Lets Go Prepare 5 of eggs.
  6. Lets Go Prepare 1 cup of powdered sugar (divided into 3/4 and 1/4 cup).
  7. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  8. It's 1/3 cup of milk.
  9. Lets Go Prepare of Cake syrup.
  10. What You needis 12 oz of evaporated milk.
  11. Lets Go Prepare 14 oz of condensed milk.
  12. Lets Go Prepare of Little more than 1/4 cup heavy cream.
  13. What You needis of Whipped Cream Frosting.
  14. Lets Go Prepare 1 cup of heavy cream.
  15. Lets Go Prepare 2 1/2 tbsp of powdered sugar.
  16. It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

Tres leches is a moist and subtly sweet cake made with sponge cake and three different kinds of milk. Tres Leches Cake Recipe To celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, let's make a cake, one that's associated with birthday parties, graduations, baptisms, and all kind of celebrations. For the tres leches: Combine the heavy cream, evaporated milk and condensed milk in a small pitcher. Pierce the surface of the cake with a fork several times.

Tres Leches Cake step by step

  1. Preheat oven at 350 F. Grease the pan (Baking pan or upyrex) with butter. Keep 3 mixing bowls ready..
  2. Separate egg white and yolks..
  3. Sift all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt to a mixing bowl and keep aside.
  4. Beat egg yolks along with 3/4 cup sugar at high speed using hand mixer until it becomes pale yellow in color. Add in milk and vanilla extract. Beat at low speed until it gets mixed..
  5. Add in the flour mixture and beat once at low speed, so that everything gets mixed. Keep aside..
  6. Clean the beater, whisk and mixing bowl and dry them well. If it is wet, egg whites cannot be beaten into desired consistency..
  7. Beat egg whites on high speed until you get foam consistency. Add in 1/4 cup sugar little at a time and continue to beat at high speed until you get a stiff peak..
  8. Add the white mixture on top of yolk mixture and gently fold in until it gets mixed well. Do not mix it vigorously..
  9. Transfer it to the greased pan or pyrex and bake it in the preheated oven for 20 mins..
  10. While it’s baking, prepare cake syrup by mixing condensed milk, evaporated milk and heavy cream. Keep it refrigerated..
  11. Also prepare whipped cream frosting by beating heavy cream along with sugar and vanilla extract..
  12. Once the cake is ready cool it and invert it. Make holes all over the cake using a fork. Slowly pour the syrup and wait for 30 mins or until the cake absorbs the syrup..
  13. Spread the whipped cream frosting on top of the cake. Decorate with strawberries.

Drizzle the milk mixture over the top and. Tres Leches Cake should also be topped with a maraschino cherry. Guys, you'll love Tres Leches Cake. This Tres Leches Cake is absolute perfection. It's airy, light, decadent and delicious.