Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake)
Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake)

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Whisk sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and half-and-half in a bowl. Lay the cake into the milk mixture. This cake is made with three layers: Cake, filling, and topping. Add the sugarr, baking powder, and flour.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have tres leches (3 milk cake) using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake):
  1. Get Cake Mixture:
  2. Take 1 cup all-purpose flour
  3. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
  4. Take 1/4 tsp salt
  5. Prepare 5 large Eggs, seperated
  6. Get 1 cup white sugar
  7. Prepare 1/3 cup whole milk
  8. Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
  9. Make ready Tres Leche Mixture:
  10. Get 1/2 cup heavy cream
  11. Prepare 1 can evaporated milk
  12. Take 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  13. Get 1 tsp orange extract
  14. Prepare Whipped Cream Topping:
  15. Make ready 1 pints whipping cream
  16. Get 3 tbsp white sugar
  17. Get 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  18. Prepare Maraschino cherries for garnish

The Italian tiramisú is also soaked in liquid (coffee). Perhaps this was the inspiration for this version. Despite the sweetness and richness, tres leches is not a cloying cake. Its smooth, moist texture easily leads to overeating.

Steps to make Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake):
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9×13 inch cake pan. Set aside.
  2. Sift all dry ingredients, EXCEPT for the white sugar and set bowl aside.
  3. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg yolks with 3/4 cup of sugar on high till pale yellow and almost doubled in volume. Stir in the milk and vanilla extract. Pour wet mixture over dry mixture and stir ever so gently until well combined.
  4. Beat the egg whites on high until soft peaks form. Add the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and beat until the egg whites are stiff, but not dry.
  5. Fold the egg white mixture into the batter very gently until well combined. Pour the batter into the 9×13 pan. Smooth out the batter with an offset spatula.
  6. Bake the cake until done, about 30-35 minutes. Remove cake from oven and let cool in pan for about 15 minutes. Turn over onto a rimmed platter. Pierce holes all over the cake with a fork. Be careful not to break the cake while doing this.
  7. LECHE MIXTURE: Add all ingredients into a bowl and whisk until well combined. About 5-7 minutes.
  8. Pour the leche mixture all over the cake slowly. Being sure that the whole cake gets soaked up with the liquid. Place cake in refrigerator to allow cooling for about 20 minutes while you work on making the whipped topping.
  9. WHIPPED ICING: In a stand mixture pour the pint of whipping cream. Beat on low for 3 minutes. Gradually increase the speed and start adding the sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. Now add the vanilla extract. Beat the whipped topping until firm. Ice the whole cake and garnish with maraschino cherries if desired. Place cake back into refrigerator for atleast 2 hours to firm up. The colder, the better.
  10. Enjoy!!

Despite the sweetness and richness, tres leches is not a cloying cake. Its smooth, moist texture easily leads to overeating. This is a simple and delightful cake. It's a Spanish dessert of sponge cake soaked in milk bath, unique, one of its kind, very delicious. It's very easy if you already known my soft cotton sponge cake, just a slight difference in the recipe.

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