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Tres Leches Cake

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Tres Leches Cake

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

1

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

2

Fold in stiff egg whites.

3

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

4

While warm, poke holes all over with a skewer.

5

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

6

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

7

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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