Easiest Way to Make Tasty Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake. 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.

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. This is an authentic Tres Leches Cake recipe and the best we. You can have Tres Leches Cake using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tres Leches Cake

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

Tres leches is comprised of a milk-soaked sponge cake that's topped with whipped cream. Some (like me) prefer a dusting of ground cinnamon on top of their frosted cake; others prefer to garnish theirs. 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.

Tres Leches Cake instructions

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.

Guys, you'll love Tres Leches Cake. This Tres Leches Cake recipe is the perfect light and airy dessert and a Latin American favorite. Tres Leches means "three milks" and is a sponge cake that contains three different types of milks. This classic Tres Leches Cake from scratch will blow your mind! Simply translated to "Three Milks" cake, this is a fluffy vanilla cake that's been drenched in three different types of milk (in our case condensed, evaporated.

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