Monday, August 9, 2010

Tres Leches Cake


We have seen tres leches cake on a few blogs and decided to give it a try. We liked the cake, but felt it needed something and made a strawberry sauce to put over the cake. Even though we did like this cake I do not think I would make it again.

Tres Leches Cake

Ingredients:

Soft butter, for baking dish
6 large eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
1 cup unbleached flour
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk
1 cup whole milk
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 tbsp. icing sugar

Strawberry Sauce:

1 cup strawberries, cut up and stemmed
1/8 cup sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325° .
Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
In a mixing bowl, beat eggs yolks and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy.
In another bowl, beat egg whites to soft peaks.
Using a rubber spatula, fold whites into yolks until almost combined.
Gently fold in flour (do not over-mix).

Spread batter in prepared dish.
Bake until golden and pulling away from sides of dish, 20 to 25 minutes.
Using a small knife, scrape skin from top of cake; discard.
Cool cake for 20 minutes.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the three milks; pour evenly over cake.
Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to one day.

To serve, prepare topping: In a mixing bowl, whip heavy cream with sugar to soft peaks.
Chill cake and cut into squares; serve toped with whipped cream.

Strawberry Sauce

Combine sugar and strawberries into a medium size pot.
Stew down until sugar dissolves.
Cool.
Spoon over cake with whipped cream.


7 comments:

Rosemary said...

I have often thought of trying this cake. Says a lot that you would not make it again.

Jannett said...
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Unknown said...

I've yet to try this cake. It looks pretty goopy, so I'd probably reduce the amount of liquid poured on top!

Chef Bee said...

Seems like everyone around me lately wants a Tres leches cake. We have a local bakery that continually sells out of it early in the day.

Plan B

meemsnyc said...

Oooh, I love tres leches. It is a very sweet cake.

Jannett said...

Avanika...reducing the liquid would likely be a good idea. It is very moist.

Jannett said...

Rosemary...You may like this cake...I did not care for it.... :)


chef bee... Everyone seems to like this cake... :)

Meemsnyc...yes it is a sweet cake. I did like adding the strawberries to it.... :)

Thanks for the comments

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