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Tres Leches: The Soaked Milk Cake

Summary

Servings 12
Time Needed Prep
Cook
Ingredients 11
Difficulty Medium

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5.0 based on 1 rating.

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups Plain Flour, Sifted
  • 1 tbsp Baking Powder
  • 4 Eggs separated
  • 1 1/3 cups Caster Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Full Cream Milk
  • 2 cups Heavy Cream split into two containers
  • 1 tbsp Icing Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 Tin Condensed Milk 400ml
  • 350 ml Evaporated Milk

Nutrition Information

Qty per
155g serve
Qty per
100g
Energy 275.32083333333kcalcal 177.49751524431kcalcal
Protein 14.884699074074gg 9.5960667735186gg
Fat (total) 13.459328703704gg 8.6771399492006gg
 - saturated 6.3405092592593gg 4.0876842673925gg
Carbohydrate 23.425509259259gg 15.102270454837gg
 - sugars 18.191759259259gg 11.728106541548gg
Dietary Fibre 0.32833333333333gg 0.21167432240041gg
Sodium 233.01020833333mgmg 150.22013592285mgmg

Nutritional information does not include the following ingredients: Caster Sugar

Please Note - Nutritional information is provided as a guide only and may not be accurate.

If you or your children are milk lovers, you can’t really go past the Tres Leches: The Soaked Milk Cake. Popular in Central and South America, Tres Leches is a kind of sponge cake that has been soaked in three different kinds of milk.

It’s far from a healthy dessert, but it makes a worthwhile treat when you’re looking for something special and a little different.

SAHM

 

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C and prepare a round cake tin that is at least 25 cm across with sides more than 5cm high. Grease the tin and lay with baking paper.

  2. Mix the plain flour, cinnamon and the baking powder together in a medium bowl. Put aside.

  3. In another, larger, bowl use an electric mixer to whisk the four egg whites until they are frothy. Still running the mixer, add the sugar slowly, continually mixing to allow stiff peaks to form.

  4. Beat in the yolks, one at a time, making sure to blend the mixture well after adding each one.

  5. Add the flour in several parts, to ensure for easy mixing, alternating with the full cream milk. Also add the vanilla here.

  6. Pour the cake batter into your prepared tin and bake until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Usually this will take around 30 minutes. Cool the cake for 10 minutes or so, before inverting it onto a high-sided platter.

  7. Using a fork or skewer pierce the top of the cake over and over again until there is a good coverage of holes. This will help the cake soak up the milk.

  8. In a bowl mix the condensed milk, the evaporated milk and 1 cup of the heavy cream together. While the cake is still warm (but not hot) pour the mixture over the cake. Cover and refrigerate for 3 hours, or overnight, to allow cake to fully soak.

  9. Before serving, mix together the remaining cup of heavy cream along with the powdered sugar in a bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat the cream until soft peaks form. Spread the cream on top of the soaked cake.

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