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Tres Leches Cake - Ultimate Moist Cake
Ingredients
- Ingredients for the cake:
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup of flour
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1/3 cup of milk
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Ingredients for the milk syrup:
- 1 cup of heavy cream
- 12 oz can of evaporated milk
- 12 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Directions
Steps for making the cake:
1- Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. Place the egg yolks in the larger bowl.
2- Beat in the egg whites into soft peaks using an electrical beater. After 20 seconds, add 1/3 of the sugar to the egg whites and continue beating to firm peaks.
3- Beat the egg yolks with the rest of the sugar until you get a whitish and smooth mixture.
4- Sift the flour and add it to the egg yolk mixture. Add the milk, baking powder, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
5- Fold the egg whites mixture into the egg yolks mixture until you get a smooth batter.
6- Generously batter a 13x9 in. baking pan and add the batter.
7- Preheat the oven to 350 F and bake the cake for 30-40 minutes or until done (when inserting a toothpick, it should come out clean).Steps for making the milk syrup:
1- Whisk together the heavy cream, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla extract.Last Steps:
1- Let the cake completely cool down. Once it is at room temperature, gently poke it all over with a fork.
2- Pour the milk syrup over the cake. Let the cake soak in the fridge for few hours before serving.Serving:
You can serve the Tres Leches cake topped with whipped cream or dry coconut flakes and ice cream or fruit on the side. Enjoy!
Comments (33)
I haven't made this recipe yet, I made a different one with half and half instead of the heavy wiped cream, it came out good but this recipe looks yummy. I'm gonna make it for my nephew this weekend for his birthday. I'll let u know how it came out. Wish me luck. *^-^*
Sugar what kind of sugar? Caster sugar or fine sugar? How about the flour? Plain flour or self raising flour? This cake not using any butter or oil?
Hi Alia,
I have a question. I made my cake exactly the way you instructed. When, I took the cake out of the oven the cake was so soft and it rose really well. So I out the cake to cool it down. However, in 5 minutes the cake squeezed and became small and hard. Would you mind to tell my why this happened? I was so happy that the cake rose well.
Thank you
@Anut
Not really sure what the problem is. It could be that the egg white were not fluffy enough or that the cake was over-cooked (usually, you have to adjust the temperature to your oven). What happened when you added the syrup? it should have become moist. Another thing that I may think of is that used baking soda instead of baking powder (another viewer did this mistake). hope this help.
Hello Alia,
Can I use heavy whipping cream instead of heavy cream
Thank you for sharing
They are the same things.
Thank you for the recipe! It came out perfect!
Hi! thanks for the recipe!!! Just one cuestion, do you use fine sugar????? it looks very good! ;)
Hi Mafer,
Yes, it's just regular white sugar - nothing special.
it turned out awesuuuuuum
thnx & Blessings
Hey Alia - I had this INCREDIBLE desert at Fogo de Chow, but it seemed to be frozen on the top. Do you know how they did this? Can I put the finished cake into the freezer? I wanted to ask before I made it.
thanks
Thank you for this recipe. I make it all the time. It is my family's favorite cake. :)
Hi Alia, I made the cake it came out really good my family loved it, but now they want me to make one for a birthday and I don't know what kind of icing would be the best choice....could you tell me how to make a good icing that goes with this delicious cake?? THANK YOU!!!
Hi Paloma, I would not put an icing. the cake is already sweet and the icing would kill it. However, I would top it with whipped cream and fruits. Look at this recipe for example: http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/1351/Recipe.cfm
hope this helps!
I made this cake for a anniversary party and boy did it get raves.I topped with cool whip and toasted coconut. Thanks Alia!
So glad you liked it!!!
I just made this 2 days and it was a HUGE HIT!!!!! So much so that I am having to make one today for my family and another for my guest on thanksgiving.... Thanks so much for your easy to follow video !!!
hi alia i have to try this one, it looks deicious.I have question, i am just curious about the recipe not having any oil or butter. is there a reason why? would really like to know this because to me almost any cake should have some amount of fat in it. thank you for you response in advance.
This is a 'genoise' type of cake, more like 'Angel cake' these types of cake do not have 'fat ' in them, hence, no butter and no oil. The fluffiness comes from the egg whites.
Hi alia,
Can I use anything else instead of eggs like apple sauce or any other substitute??
really awaiting your answer...
Thanks
The eggs are essential for this cake, thats what gives it 'fluff'. You may want to look in the internet for recipes "eggless cake" and just add the 3-milks syrup to that.
hi there Alia.. thanks a lot for sharing the recipe.. I've tried it.. and it's a damn cake.. ruining my diet.. :)
the report is on wheat2eat.blogspot.com
regards,
Arifah (Indonesia)
So glad you enjoyed it Arifah... I know, I just do not bake this cake, otherwise, I end up eating the whole thing! Love you blog and it's so cool that it is in indonesian!
Tried it last week and it was an absolute hit! Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe!
salam Alia,its been one week since i've learnt about your cookings,am a mauritian and i've bcame one of ur fans.thanks loads for sharing:)
so glad you are enjoying the recipes!
This is the first time I make a cake from scratch and the same thing happened to me. I carefully removed cake from oven and set it carefully on counter to cool. It look full. I turned my back within 3 min. the cake went flat? strangest thing. I will prepared it using a box cake next time....bummer :(
Angel from California
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!! I LOVED IT N SO DID MY GUESTS!!
Made this cake today and it came out great i was a little worried from reading the other comments about the cake rising and then going back down, but i followed everything and it turned out great.!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe.!!!
I just made tis recipe, it came out so sweet but really nice. I will less the amount of sugar for the next bake.