Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake)
- 1 Cake Mixture
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 large Eggs, seperated
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tres Leche Mixture
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp orange extract
- 1 Whipped Cream Topping
- 1 pints whipping cream
- 3 tbsp white sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 Maraschino cherries for garnish
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Grease and flour a 9x13 inch cake pan.
- Set aside.
- Sift all dry ingredients, EXCEPT for the white sugar and set bowl aside.
- Separate the eggs.
- Beat the egg yolks with 3/4 cup of sugar on high till pale yellow and almost doubled in volume.
- Stir in the milk and vanilla extract.
- Pour wet mixture over dry mixture and stir ever so gently until well combined.
- Beat the egg whites on high until soft peaks form.
- Add the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and beat until the egg whites are stiff, but not dry.
- Fold the egg white mixture into the batter very gently until well combined.
- Pour the batter into the 9x13 pan.
- Smooth out the batter with an offset spatula.
- Bake the cake until done, about 30-35 minutes.
- Remove cake from oven and let cool in pan for about 15 minutes.
- Turn over onto a rimmed platter.
- Pierce holes all over the cake with a fork.
- Be careful not to break the cake while doing this.
- LECHE MIXTURE: Add all ingredients into a bowl and whisk until well combined.
- About 5-7 minutes.
- Pour the leche mixture all over the cake slowly.
- Being sure that the whole cake gets soaked up with the liquid.
- Place cake in refrigerator to allow cooling for about 20 minutes while you work on making the whipped topping.
- WHIPPED ICING: In a stand mixture pour the pint of whipping cream.
- Beat on low for 3 minutes.
- Gradually increase the speed and start adding the sugar 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Now add the vanilla extract.
- Beat the whipped topping until firm.
- Ice the whole cake and garnish with maraschino cherries if desired.
- Place cake back into refrigerator for atleast 2 hours to firm up.
- The colder, the better.
- Enjoy!
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Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/362831-tres-leches-3-milk-cake (may not work)