Tres Leches Cake - It was delicious !!!!! Easy to make and a crowd pleaser !!!. Today I am sharing this Tres Leches Cake! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 40 minutes! 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. The BEST authentic homemade Tres Leches Cake. An ultra light cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture and topped with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon.
Tres Leches Cake has a soft and ultra-moist crumb.
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You can cook Tres Leches Cake with 16 Ingredients and 13 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Tres Leches Cake:
- Cake Base.
- 1 cup all-purpose flour.
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder.
- Pinch salt.
- 5 eggs.
- 1 cup powdered sugar (divided into 3/4 and 1/4 cup).
- 1 tsp vanilla extract.
- 1/3 cup milk.
- Cake syrup.
- 12 oz evaporated milk.
- 14 oz condensed milk.
- Little more than 1/4 cup heavy cream.
- Whipped Cream Frosting.
- 1 cup heavy cream.
- 2 1/2 tbsp powdered sugar.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract.
It's a deliciously rich and moist, milk-soaked cake that always gets compliments every time it's served. 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 should also be topped with a maraschino cherry. Guys, you'll love Tres Leches Cake.
Step by step how to cook Tres Leches Cake:
- Preheat oven at 350 F. Grease the pan (Baking pan or pyrex) with butter. Keep 3 mixing bowls ready..
- Separate egg white and yolks..
- Sift all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt to a mixing bowl and keep aside.
- 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..
- Add in the flour mixture and beat once at low speed, so that everything gets mixed. Keep aside..
- Clean the beater, whisk and mixing bowl and dry them well. If it is wet, egg whites cannot be beaten into desired consistency..
- 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..
- Add the white mixture on top of yolk mixture and gently fold in until it gets mixed well. Do not mix it vigorously..
- Transfer it to the greased pan or pyrex and bake it in the preheated oven for 20 mins..
- While it’s baking, prepare cake syrup by mixing condensed milk, evaporated milk and heavy cream. Keep it refrigerated..
- Also prepare whipped cream frosting by beating heavy cream along with sugar and vanilla extract..
- 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..
- Spread the whipped cream frosting on top of the cake. Decorate with strawberries.
This Tres Leches Cake recipe is the perfect light and airy dessert and a Latin American favorite. At first glance, the cake seems more advanced than most, but it's not too difficult. Tres leches is a moist and subtly sweet cake made with sponge cake and three different kinds of milk. This golden sponge cake, a native of Latin America, is liberally soaked with tres leches (three milks: condensed, evaporated, and heavy cream). Tres Leches Cake is an authentic Mexican cake soaked in three kinds of milk, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon.