Tres Leches Cake Recipe (video)
Another dessert! This time we're making Tres Leches cake! Tres Leches literally translates to "three milks" because after your cake has been baked, it goes into a rich and sweet soak comprised of sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. This changes an otherwise unremarkable cake into a moist and rich cake with an amazing flavour profile. Now, we've cut back on the sugar for this a little bit, and even so it comes out very sweet (sweetened condensed milk is extremely sweet). That makes this a perfect accompaniment for things like fresh berries, or even a nice tart berry compote or lemon curd.
We wanted some variation in textures, so we didn't combine the batter until it was completely uniform. You certainly can mix it a little further than we did, but make sure not to knock all of the air out of your egg whites, or overwork the batter. Too much gluten production and the cake will come out a little rubbery. We also found that flipping the cake over after the second soak and before finishing off the soak mixture yielded excellent results. So very carefully slide a spatula under the cake and flip it over in its container if you can!
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