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. As far as the milk mixture goes I omit the whole milk and just blend together the three milks (hence the name Tres Leches) heavy cream evaporated milk and condensed milk together.

Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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. Get 1 cup all-purpose flour
  3. Take 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
  4. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
  5. Make ready 5 large Eggs, seperated
  6. Make ready 1 cup white sugar
  7. Make ready 1/3 cup whole milk
  8. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
  9. Get Tres Leche Mixture:
  10. Get 1/2 cup heavy cream
  11. Get 1 can evaporated milk
  12. Get 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  13. Take 1 tsp orange extract
  14. Take Whipped Cream Topping:
  15. Make ready 1 pints whipping cream
  16. Prepare 3 tbsp white sugar
  17. Prepare 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  18. Prepare Maraschino cherries for garnish

The result is Postre de Tres Leches heaven! 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! Bake a classic Mexican tres leches cake, sometimes called milk cake, for an afternoon treat or coffee morning - it gets its name from the three types of milk used.

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!!

When cake is cool, pierce the surface with a fork several times. Tres leches—or "three milks" in Spanish—is just a very moist cake that's enriched with two forms of concentrated milk and rich cream. The full dairy and vanilla flavors are a favorite in the southern U. Try serving this cake topped with a fresh berry or tropical fruit compote. This is a simple and delightful cake.

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