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Tres Leches Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Tres Leches Cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook tres leches cake using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Tres Leches Cake:
- Take For the batter:
- Get 2 cups All Purpose Flour
- Get 2 tsp Baking Powder
- Get 1/2 tsp Salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, softened at room temperature
- Make ready 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- Prepare 5 eggs, separated
- Get 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Take 1 cup Whole Milk
- Prepare 2 cups Chopped Strawberries
- Take 1 (14 oz) can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Take 1 (12 oz) can of Evaporated Milk
- Get 1/4 cup Whole Milk
- Take For the whipped topping:
- Take 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- Take 3 Tbsp Powdered Sugar
For the tres leches: Combine the heavy cream, evaporated milk and condensed milk in a small pitcher. Pierce the surface of the cake with a fork several times. Drizzle the milk mixture over the top and. Tres Leches Cake a must try Mexican dessert!
Instructions to make Tres Leches Cake:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9 inch springform pan with some non-stick spray and set aside.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer, fitted with a whisk attachment, whip the egg whites until they develop stiff peaks and remove them to a different bowl. Make sure that your bowl and whisk are completely clean and dry before whipping the eggs.
- In the same bowl cream butter and sugar together, add the egg yolks with the vanilla and mix for about a minute. Add milk followed by the flour with baking powder, salt and strawberries. Mix by hand just enough to fold your strawberries in the batter and gently fold in the egg whites until everything is well combined.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Allow it to cool for about 15 minutes, remove side of the pan and place it on a deep serving plate.
- Pierce the surface of the cake with a fork. In a large measuring cup mix together condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk. Pour the milk mixture slowly over the cake until absorbed and refrigerate it for a couple of hours to cool completely.
- To make a whipped cream, place the mixing bowl and the whisk into the freezer for about 10-15 minutes. Add the heavy whipping cream and the sugar to the bowl and whisk until the cream reaches stiff peaks for about 6 to 7 minutes. Be careful to not overbeat.
- Frost the cake with whipped cream and garnish it with fresh strawberries and any berries of your choice. Enjoy!
It's a deliciously rich and moist, milk-soaked cake that always gets compliments every time it's served. Tres leches is a moist and subtly sweet cake made with sponge cake and three different kinds of milk. 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. Tres Leches Cake should also be topped with a maraschino cherry.
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