Tres Leches Cake
Tres Leches means three milks and yes, there are three different types of milk in the cake. Lactose intolerants, maybe look elsewhere today.
Tres Leches is a sponge cake, drowned in three different kinds of milk so it can soak up all the goodness and then topped off with a whipped cream. It sounds and tastes complicated but I promise you it is one of the easiest cakes to make.
Think of it as a cold cakey bread pudding. Cake pudding? pake cudding? Whatever it’s delicious. The recipe is old, tried and true and rarely varies – here’s my version:
ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup sugar
5 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
milk mixture ingredients:
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk
whipped topping ingredients:
1-3/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prep a 9×13 pan with buttered parchment. Set aside.
In a bowl whisk together the flour, cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time until combined, then add the vanilla.
Add the flour until completely combined and pour into the prepped cake pan.
Spread evenly and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
While the cake is cooking combine the whole milk, heavy cream condensed milk and evaporated milk together. Keep it in the fridge until you are ready to use it.
When the cake is done, let cool in the pan for 30 minutes.
Using a fork, pierce the cake all over – you want the milk mixture to seep in everywhere.
Then pour the milk mixture over the top of the cake.
You’ll be surprised at how fast the cake absorbs it all. This pic was taken only after a minute or two!
For the topping, in the bowl of an electric mixer whip the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla until nice and thick – don’t overdo it though!
Spread the whipped cream over the top of the cake and serve.
