Tres leches cake (cake of three milks)
Tres leches cake (cake of three milks) recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 9 egg yolks
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup milk mixed with 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 9 egg whites
- Three milk filling:
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 cups cream or combination of 1 cup cream and 1 cup sour cream
- 1, 5 ounce, can evaporated milk
- 1, 14 ounce, can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon rum or favorite liqueur
- Swirl frosting:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 egg whites
Recipe method:
- Butter a 13 x 9 inch glass baking pan.
- Set oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat yolks and sugar until thick and pale, about 1 minute.
- Add vanilla extract.
- Add flour alternately with milk mixture.
- Beat egg whites to stiff peaks.
- Fold about one third of the whites into the batter to lighten it, then fold in all the egg whites until completely blended.
- Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
- Cool on a rack in the pan.
- When cool, invert onto a large serving platter with a rim.
- Three milk filling:
- Beat yolks well.
- Bring 1 cup of the cream to a boil.
- While beating, slowly pour cream into the yolks and continue beating until foamy and cooled.
- Add remaining cream and evaporated and condensed milks and beat thoroughly.
- Mixture will not peak.
- Add vanilla extract and rum.
- Swirl frosting:
- Bring water, corn syrup and sugar to a boil over medium high heat.
- Cook until it is a clear syrup that can spin a thread, 230 degrees F to 234 degrees F.
- It sugar browns, it will become too caramelized and frosting will be stiff.
- Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff.
- Still beating, add hot sugar syrup in a slow stream.
- Continue beating about 5 minutes or until glossy, fluffy and stiffly peaked and somewhat cooled.
- When cake has cooled, punch holes in it with the end of a wooden spoon.
- Slowly pour the filling over the cake so it can absorb all the filling.
- Swirl frosting on sides and top of cake in big strokes.
- Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight.
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