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Tres Leches Cake

Super soft, super moist, super delicious. The cream I make is not only whip cream with sugar, but I add a secret ingredient for an even more amazing flavor, keep reading to find out.Tres Leches is a popular authentic Mexican cake. The syrup is made with 3 different milks (tres leches).
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword buttermilk pancakes, sweetened condensed milk, tres leches
Prep Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

Ingredients for the cake:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 5 farm fresh eggs (large)
  • 1 cup sugar divided into 3/4 and 1/4 cups
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup whole milk

Ingredients for the syrup:

  • 1 can-12 oz evaporated milk
  • 1 can 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

Ingredients for the cream:

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 package cream cheese softened at room temp
  • 1/2 cup sugar or more to taste
  • Berries optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 °F and butter a 9x13 casserole pan.
  • Set up three mixing bowls.
  • In a large bowl, sift together 1 cup flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, and 1/4 salt.
  • Separate egg whites and yolks into the other two bowls.
  • Beat egg yolks with 3/4 cup sugar with an electric mixer on high speed, until yolks are a pale yellow (2 minutes). Stir in 1/3 cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla.
  • Beat egg whites with the remaining 1/4 cup sugar on high speed until soft peaks form (2 minute).
  • Pour the flour mixture into the egg yolk mixture and gently combine with a spatula.
  • Gently fold in egg white mixture with the spatula until just combined.
  • Pour batter into 9x13 pan and bake at 350˚F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • While the cake is baking, make the syrup by combining the heavy cream, condensed milk and evaporated milk.
  • When the cake is baked, gently poke holes in it with a fork.
  • Make the cream while the cake is cooling by whipping the cream cheese with 1/4 cup sugar. Then separately on high speed, mix 2 cups of heavy cream with 1/4 cup sugar until fluffy. Then gently mix cream cheese with whip cream for a smooth cream.
  • Once the cake is cooled, pour the syrup all over the cake.
  • Then add the cream on the cake and decorate with fresh strawberries or raspberries.