Tres Leches
- Sponge Cake
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 4 eggs, separated
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- Milk Syrup
- 1 can evaporated milk (12 oz.)
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz.)
- 1 can heavy cream (use empty can from condensed milk - 1 1/4 cups)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- For Sponge Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Grease and flour cake pan.
- Sift flour with baking powder and cinnamon.
- Using a standing mixer with the whisk attachment, beat egg whites until frothy, then slowly add sugar to tighten whites to semi stiff peaks. Add yolks one at a time.
- Alternate adding the flour mixture and the milk.
- Pour batter into pan and bake for about 40 minutes or until the middle springs back when touched and edges pull slightly away from pan. Cool thoroughly on a wire rack.
- For Milk Syrup:
- In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Whip thoroughly with a wire whisk and reserve. (If made in advance, refrigerate and stir before using.)
- To Assemble:
- Unmold cake while slightly warm. Place cake on serving platter and spoon milk syrup over cake a little at a time, until it is all absorbed, repeat until all the syrup is used.
- Makes 1 10x3-inch cake
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/tres-leches-1211245 (may not work)