Recipe of Perfect Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Tres Leches Cake translated literally means " three milks " because the cake itself is soaked with three types of milk: Condensed milk, evaporated milk and heavy whipping cream (some people prefer to use whole milk here, coconut milk or even half and half). Tres leches cake gets its name because after making a soft, tender cake you poke holes in it before pouring over a mixture of three milks - sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream.

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! The cake is similar to an angel food cake.

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In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Tres Leches Cake translated literally means " three milks " because the cake itself is soaked with three types of milk: Condensed milk, evaporated milk and heavy whipping cream (some people prefer to use whole milk here, coconut milk or even half and half). Tres leches cake gets its name because after making a soft, tender cake you poke holes in it before pouring over a mixture of three milks - sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have tres leches cake using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Tres Leches Cake:

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

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. For Tres Leches Mixture Combine the sweetened condensed milk, the evaporated milk, and the whole milk and mix well. Pour the above mixture over the sponge cake, covering the entire cake. This Tres Leches Cake is a super light cake that's soaked with a sweet mixture of three milks!

Instructions to make Tres Leches Cake:

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.

It's topped with whipped cream and a little cinnamon and is totally addicting! A classic Mexican dessert that you'll want to make over and over! This Mexican dessert is a fluffy vanilla cake filled with condensed milk and topped with a homemade vanilla whipped cream frosting. Served with sliced fruit, this tres leches will impress everyone! The name of the cake comes from Spanish and translation is three milks.

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