Tres Leches Cake
A delicious homemade authentic 3 milk cake. It has a spongy cake consistency filled with milks.
Equipment
- 9 x 13 baking dish
- electric hand mixer
Ingredients
Cake Batter
- 5 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup white granulated sugar, DIVIDED
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
Milk Mixture
- 1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (12oz) can evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup milk
Whip Topping
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 TBS powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ground cinnamon for topping
- fresh strawberries for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 1 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and set a side.
- Separate eggs. Place yolks into a large bowl and place the whites into a medium bowl. Set the egg whites a side. Add 3/4 cup of white granulated sugar to egg yolks in large bowl. Using an electric hand mixer beat on medium high speed until creamy and light in color. Add in milk and vanilla extract and beat just until combined. Sift in flour, baking powder and baking soda. Mix until just combined. set a side.
- Whisk egg whites while gradually adding in the remaining 1/4 cup of white granulated sugar until soft peaks form. Fold the whisked egg whites into the cake batter. Pour into prepared baking dish. Bake for 25-35 minutes until cake is golden brown, has pulled away from edges of dish and a toothpick comes out clean from center of cake. Allow cake to cool completely.
- Poke holes all over the cooled cake with a fork. In a large measuring cup (at least 4 cup) or a medium bowl, mix the 3 milks (sweetened condensed, evaporated and the regular milk) together and pour all over the cooled cake. Cover and place in refrigerator for 2 hours to allow cake to soak in the milks.
- In a medium bowl beat together heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar and 2 tsp vanilla extract until soft peaks form and holds its shape. Spread all over the cake. Sprinkle with cinnamon and decorated with whole or sliced strawberries.
- Refrigerate cake due to the milks in it. Enjoy.
