Tres Leches Cake

Tags: #dessert #latin #cake #milk #moist Serving: 12 portions Total time: 6 hours

A Latin American sponge cake soaked in three types of milk and topped with whipped cream.

Ingredients

• 150g all-purpose flour
• 5g baking powder
• 85g butter, softened
• 200g sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 80ml whole milk
• 5ml vanilla extract
• 400ml sweetened condensed milk
• 400ml evaporated milk
• 240ml heavy cream for soaking
• 300ml heavy cream for topping
• 45g powdered sugar
• 5ml vanilla extract for topping

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Grease 23x33cm baking dish
3. Sift flour and baking powder together
4. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
5. Add eggs one at a time, beating well
6. Alternately add flour mixture and milk
7. Fold in vanilla extract
8. Pour batter into prepared dish
9. Bake for 25 minutes until golden
10. Cool completely in pan
11. Poke holes all over cake with fork
12. Mix condensed milk, evaporated milk, and cream
13. Pour milk mixture slowly over cake
14. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours
15. Whip cream with powdered sugar and vanilla
16. Spread over cake before serving

Notes

This beloved Latin dessert should be completely saturated with the three-milk mixture. The longer it sits, the more flavorful and moist it becomes.