Tres Leches Cake

Name: Tres Leches Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 200g plain flour; 200g caster sugar; 5 eggs, separated; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 400ml sweetened condensed milk; 400ml evaporated milk; 200ml whole milk; 300ml double cream; 2 tbsp icing sugar; ground cinnamon to garnish

A Mexican sponge cake soaked in three milks — whole milk, condensed milk and evaporated milk — topped with whipped cream.

Total time

60 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gplain flour

200gcaster sugar

5eggs, separated

1 tspbaking powder

1 tspvanilla extract

400mlsweetened condensed milk

400mlevaporated milk

200mlwhole milk

300mldouble cream

2 tbspicing sugar

ground cinnamonto garnish

Instructions

Whisk egg yolks with sugar until pale, fold in flour and baking powder.

Fold in stiff egg whites.

Bake in a 23cm tin at 175C for 25 minutes until golden.

While warm, poke holes all over with a skewer.

Mix three milks together, pour slowly over cake and refrigerate overnight.

Whip cream with icing sugar to soft peaks, spread over cake.

Dust with cinnamon and serve cold.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1306

Protein

30.8g

Fat

60.4g

Carbs

161.6g

Fiber

1.4g

Sodium

483mg

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