Hi guys! today I'm going to show you how
to make a tres leches cake
now this is a recipe that's been very frequently requested by you guys
it's basically a vanilla sponge cake soaked in condensed milk, evaporated milk and regular milk
it's one of our family's favourite
cakes and I've been making it since I
was 13, I've made it for numerous of my
birthdays including my birthday last
year and you can really customise it
however you want, I always love to top it
off with some fresh berries
so I hope you like this one as much as I
do let's get started!
I have here 100  grams or 1/2 a cup of soft
unsalted butter at room temperature
towhich I'm adding in 200 grams or 1 cup
of granulated sugar
whisk the ingredients together until they're light and fluffy
and then you can add in 2
teaspoons of vanilla extract
followed by 5 whole eggs
now I know it's a lot of
eggs but they are an absolute necessity
in this sponge cake recipe
and a lot of recipes for sponge cake actually beat
the whites and the yolks separately to
add more volume but I've always made
this recipe with adding the eggs in
whole and it's worked just fine for me
but here's where you really want to
whisk the mixture as well as you can
so that you can incorporate as much air in
there as possible
and when that's done toss in 1/2 a teaspoon of salt
followed by 1 teaspoon of baking powder
and finally you can whisk in the flour
now if you have cake flour you'll want to use that
all-purpose flour has worked
fine but cake flour actually yields a lighter crumb
you can also make your own
cake flour at home using cornstarch and
regular flour and I'll leave that recipe
note on the blog so make sure to check that out
when everything is well-incorporated, you can pour the batter
into your prepared dish, use a nice one
so that you can serve the cake in the dish itself
this, I think, is around a 26
centimeter glass dish and 9 by 13 inch
cake pan works just fine too.
Bake the cake for 20 to 25 minutes at 180 degrees
Celsius or 350 degrees Fahrenheit and
then let it cool completely for about 30 minutes
so when the cake is cooled, prick
the surface with a toothpick or fork
making as many holes in there as
possible which will help the cake
absorb all the liquid. Now here's where the tres leches part comes in
we're gonna soak the cake in three different kinds of milk
it makes it super rich, juicy and flavourful
and all three are a necessity
in this recipe
combined 250 ml of whole milk, that's 1 cup, with 1 can
which is 1 and 1/2 cups, of evaporated milk
and 1 can, or 390 grams, of
sweetened condensed milk
whisk the milks together until everything is nice and smooth and then drench the cake in the mixture
let the cake absorb the liquid
completely, in order to do this I like to
chill the cake overnight but a couple of
hours will also be fine and once the
cake is nice and cold it's ready to
serve
now this cake tastes really nice with some whipped cream
it's up to you how much whipped cream you want to put on top
so now normally I do 375
mL, which is 1 and 1/2  cups
of heavy cream and I whip it with 2
tablespoons of granulated sugar
and one teaspoon of vanilla extract
you want to whip the cream until you get some nice peaks
but don't over mix it, because then
you'll end up with butter
and when that's done you can lather the cream on top of the cake
it's also super nice to finish the cake
with some fresh fruit if it's available
that's my favorite way to eat it
this cake is pure gold it's been a firm
favourite of mine for as long as I can
remember and it's so easy to throw together
if you have an insatiable sweet
tooth like I do this cake will
definitely satisfy it but do keep in
mind that it is quite sweet so it might
not be everyone's cup of tea, but for
sure it is mine
thank you guys so much for watching as
always I hope you enjoyed making this
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