Description
“Tres Leches” Cake is a commonly known cake among Latin American countries. It consists of a very fluffy vanilla cake that you pinch as soon as it comes from the oven, and you pour the mixtures of different kinds of milk over it. The warmness of the cake will attract all the liquids to all the pockets wholes you have inside.
Ingredients
Scale
5 eggs
5 tablespoons of sugar
1 cup of flour
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 can of evaporated milk
1 can of condensed milk
1 can or tub of whipped cream (350ml)
Meringue:
4 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon tartar cream
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 180°C and prepare a rectangular baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer, beat the eggs until they become fluffy. While the mixer is still running, add the sugar one spoon at a time. Mix well until the sugar dissolve and the preparation changes colour to a very pale beige. Until you could drip a ribbon of dough over the mixture and it doesn’t fade. Add the vanilla and the flour with a sifter over the dough and hand mix it with folding movements.
- Pour the mixture over the prepared baking pan and bake it for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, you will mix the three kinds of milk: evaporated, condensed and cream in a bowl and set aside till the cake comes out of the oven.
- Perforation: As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, it would be best if you perforated it with a toothpick or fork. When all the surface is perforated, you will pour the mixture of milk over it. You have to do it while the cake is warm to absorb all the liquids very fast.
- You can let it rest till cool and put it on the fridge to enjoy it. It is better to serve it when it is cold.
- To complement or more professional finish, you could add meringue on top or just chantilly cream. I prefer meringue, so I will prepare an Italian Meringue as follow.
- In a stand mixer, pour the egg whites and cream of tartar and begin to beat them. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, pour the sugar and water and cook it on medium heat. It has to reach a “soft ball” with a caramel thermometer. Drip over the egg whites and continue beating till the mixture is completely cool.
- Fill a piping bag with the meringue and pipe small stars over the tres leches cake and enjoy!