How to Prepare Delicious 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.

Tres Leches Cake has a soft and ultra-moist crumb. This is an authentic Tres Leches Cake recipe and the best we. Tres Leches Cake a must try Mexican dessert! You can have Tres Leches Cake using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Tres Leches Cake

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

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Tres Leches Cake step by step

1. Preheat oven at 350 F. Grease the pan (Baking pan or pyrex) 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.

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.