Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, tres leches cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This cake is made with three layers: Cake, filling, and topping. This is an excellent cake for milk lovers! 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 is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Tres leches cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tres leches cake using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve 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
- Take 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Take 5 eggs, separated
- Prepare 1 cup granulated sugar, divided 3/4 and 1/4
- Make ready 1/3 cup milk
- Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Take For the syrup
- Get 1 can evaporated milk
- Prepare 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- Prepare 1/4 cup whole milk
- Prepare 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)
- Get Strawberries for topping (optional)
Tres Leches Cake is an authentic Mexican cake soaked in three kinds of milk, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. Sheet Cake desserts are a fun and easy way to make desserts to serve for a crowd and even easier to decorate! In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I decided to share my authentic tres leches cake recipe!
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 🌹
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I decided to share my authentic tres leches cake recipe! 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! 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.
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