Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake)
Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake)

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, tres leches (3 milk cake). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

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. After you have punched holes into the made cake pour half the milk mixture into the cake. The cake will absorb the mixture. Whisk sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and half-and-half in a bowl.

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

Tres Leches directly translates from Spanish to English as "three milks". Tres Leches Cake is a sponge cake that is poked with holes and then drenched in three separate milks. The cake then acts as a sponge and absorbs those milks making for the most insanely moist and sweet cake you'll ever encounter. The name of the cake comes from Spanish and translation is three milks.

Instructions 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!!

The cake then acts as a sponge and absorbs those milks making for the most insanely moist and sweet cake you'll ever encounter. The name of the cake comes from Spanish and translation is three milks. There are a couple of bakeries in Santo Domingo famous for their tres leches (three-milk cake). Each version is slightly different, especially their textures and sweetness levels. Tres Leches Cake Recipe - BettyCrocker.com Sweetened condensed milk, whole milk and whipping cream are the traditional "three milks" that are mixed together and poured into "poke" holes, saturating this tres leches cake recipe and transforming it from an everyday sheet cake into a moist, flavorful and deeply rich dessert.

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