Tres Leches Cake
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsweetened dried coconut
- 2 mangoes, peeled and sliced
- 3/4 cup low-fat evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup low-fat milk
- 1/2 cup low-fat sweetened condensed milk
- 2 Tbs. brandy or Tia Maria, optional
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Coat 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
- To make Cake:
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in medium bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar with electric mixer 2 to 3 minutes, or until light and fluffy, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, then beat in vanilla extract.
- Continue beating on medium speed 2 minutes, or until batter mixture is smooth.
- Beat flour mixture into egg mixture 1/2 cup at a time until batter is smooth.
- Increase beater speed to medium high, and beat 5 minutes, or until batter is light in color.
- Spread batter in prepared pan, and bake 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and Cake begins to pull away from sides of pan.
- Place Cake in pan on wire rack to cool, and poke holes all over using fork or skewer.
- Cool Cake completely.
- To make Tres Leches Glaze:
- Whisk together all glaze ingredients in small bowl.
- Spoon and spread over Cake, allowing Cake to soak up all liquid.
- Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 12 hours or up to 2 days.
- To serve: Sprinkle Cake with coconut, and top with mango slices.
- Cut into 16 squares.
- Store in refrigerator.
flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, coconut, mangoes, lowfat, lowfat milk, lowfat sweetened condensed milk, brandy, vanilla extract
Taken from www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/tres-leches-cake/ (may not work)