Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, tres leches cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. You'll love this light, fluffy tres leches cake SOAKED with a sweet mixture of three milks and topped with a cloud of whipped cream enriched with mascarpone.
Tres leches cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Tres leches cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have tres leches cake using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Tres leches cake:
- Take For the cake
- Take 1 cup all-purpose flour
- Get 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 5 eggs, separated
- Take 1 cup granulated sugar, divided 3/4 and 1/4
- Make ready 1/3 cup milk
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready For the syrup
- Take 1 can evaporated milk
- Prepare 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- Make ready 1/4 cup whole milk
- Take For the toppings
- Take 1 pint heavy whipping cream, for Whipping
- Get 3 Tablespoons powdered sugar
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Get Chocolate shavings (optional)
- Make ready Strawberries for topping (optional)
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.
Instructions to make Tres leches cake:
- Preheat oven to 180C. Lightly spray a 9×13” pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Separate the eggs into two separate bowls.
- Add 3/4 cup sugar to the bowl with the egg yolks and mix on high speed until yolks are pale yellow. Add the 1/3 cup milk and vanilla and stir to combine.
- Pour the egg yolk mixture over the flour mixture and stir gently with a spatula just until combined.
- Use electric beaters to beat the egg whites on high speed. Gradually add the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar as you mix and continue beating until stiff peaks.
- Fold egg whites into the batter gently using a spatula, just until combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Make sure to smooth it into an even layer so your baked cake doesn’t have divots in it.
- Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow cake to cool completely.
- Combine the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and whole milk in a small bowl. Once the cake has cooled use a fork to poke holes all over the top of the cake.
- Slowly pour the milk mixture over the the top of the cake, making sure to pour near the edges and all around.
- Refrigerate the cake for at least 1 hour or overnight, to allow it to soak up the milk.
- In the meantime, whip the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks. Smooth over the top of the cake.
- Sprinkle chocolate shavings. Serve with fresh sliced strawberries, if desired. - - ENJOY 🌹
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. 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.
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