Tres Leches
- 2 cups chilled Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk, recipe follows
- 2 (14-ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
- 2 (12-ounce) cans evaporated milk
- 9 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour
- Whipped cream, for serving
- Fruit sauces, for serving
- 2 cups nonfat milk
- 2 cups whole milk
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- Combine Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk, sweetened condensed milk, and evaporated milk and reserve in the refrigerator.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter and flour a 10 by 3-inch round cake pan.
- Put the eggs, vanilla, salt, and sugar into a 5-quart mixer bowl.
- Place the bottom of the bowl directly into a larger bowl of hot tap water and whisk the egg mixture until warm to the touch.
- Remove the bowl from the water and put it on the mixer with the whisk attachment.
- Beat at medium speed until the egg mixture almost starts to flow over the edge of the bowl.
- Meanwhile, using a sieve, sift the flour twice, then put it back into the sieve.
- Remove the bowl from the mixer and sift the flour for a third time into the whipped egg mixture while folding very gently yet thoroughly.
- Pour the finished batter into the prepared cake pan and bake until cake bounces back when pressed in center, about 40 to 50 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the oven and cool completely.
- When the cake is cool, remove it from the pan and trim off the browned top, bottom, and side surfaces of the cake.
- Clean the cake pan and line it with two long, crisscrossed pieces of plastic wrap.
- Return the cake to the pan and slowly pour the Tres Leches Milk over the cake.
- Fold the ends of the plastic wrap over the top of the cake to enclose it completely; refrigerate overnight.
- Just before serving, unwrap the cake and turn it upside down onto a 10-inch plate with upturned edges to catch any excess milk.
- Pipe the whipped cream on top of the cake and serve ice cold accompanied by a fruit sauce or two such as passionfruit, mango, or raspberry.
- Pour the milks into a medium heavy saucepan and bring them to a boil.
- Reduce to a simmer and cook 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in the sugar and continue simmering until reduced to 2 cups.
- Strain into a container and refrigerate as long as a week.
- Yield: 2 cups
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tres-leches-recipe0.html (may not work)