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

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Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

This light and fluffy tres leches cake recipe uses four types of milk and is topped with whipped cream, making it extra moist and delicious. This cake is made with three layers: Cake, filling, and topping. You can either serve it that way, or transfer it onto a platter like I did.

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

Transfer half of the liquid to a small saucepan. Whole milk, sweetened condensed milk & evaporated milk make this cake super moist, and a whipped cream frosting takes over the top! Tres Leches Cake a must try Mexican dessert! It's a deliciously rich and moist, milk-soaked cake that always gets compliments every time it's served.

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!!

It's sweet and refreshing, and even picky eaters love this Mexican cake! Tres leches is a moist and subtly sweet cake made with sponge cake and three different kinds of milk. Dairy products effectively neutralize the heat of chilies. Cool off after a spicy Mexican meal with this cake. This is my most requested tres leches recipe and the simplest to make! "Tres Leches?" I said. "Three milks?" I'd passed high school Spanish.

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