Tres Leches Cake
Tres Leches Cake

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, tres leches cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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, separating the eggs is well worth the effort.

Tres Leches Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Tres Leches Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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

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

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. 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.

Steps 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

Tres Leches Cake is a celebration cake! Many who have grown up in Mexico and the bordering states will tell you that Pastel Tres Leches was the cake they could expect to be served at birthdays, graduations, and weddings; it was often guaranteed that the milky cake would be the centerpiece of any celebration, family gathering or fiesta. Tres Leches Cake Recipe To celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, let's make a cake, one that's associated with birthday parties, graduations, baptisms, and all kind of celebrations. Tres leches means "three milks." This cake gets its name because it uses three kinds of milk—evaporated, condensed and cream. This cake's light and airy texture has made it a classic in Mexican kitchens for generations.

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