Vanilla Tres Leches Cake
- Cake:
- 12 eggs
- 6 ounces sugar
- 6 ounces cake flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Leche:
- 2 cans condensed milk
- 2 cans evaporated milk
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Assembly + Plate:
- 3 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup confection sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Fresh strawberries, garnish
- Cake:
- 1. Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites.
- 2. Whip the egg yolks and the sugar with a whip attachment in a kitchen aid. Whip until the yolks ribbon. Sift the flour into the yolk mixture in two additions folding in. Add salt and vanilla and continue to mix.
- 3. Divide into prepared cake pans lined with parchment paper and sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until golden brown.
- 4. Cool on baking racks.
- Leche:
- 1. Mix the milks and vanilla together in a mixing bowl and set aside.
- 2. While the cakes are still warm, pour the milk mixture over three cakes dividing evenly. Put the cakes in the fridge overnight and chill.
- Assembly + Plate:
- 1. The next day, whip heavy whipping cream with confection sugar and vanilla extract.
- 2. Layer the cakes with whipped cream and frost the outside of the cake as well.
- 3. Serve with fresh strawberries.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/vanilla-tres-leches-cake-50158743 (may not work)