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Tres Leches Cake

May 20, 2014 By Vidya Srinivasan 32 Comments

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 Tres Leches cake is rich and flavourful cake made with 3 milk. This mexican cake is a party winner cake. Super moist and addictive.

Tres LEches cake – Divine is the word. One of the best cakes I ever had. Thanks to my co- sis for introducing me to such a delicious cake.  Tres Leches is a Mexican cake prepared with three different milk(condensed milk, evaporated milk and heavy cream).

Well, Tres Leches Cake  was told by my co – sis. We visited their home, and she ordered this cake for us from Safeway. That night hubby and I skipped dinner and had this cake instead 😉

After our vacation, I searched for this recipe in many blogs and altered the recipe to suit our tastes. Baked this cake for Hubby’s birthday. Referred Pioneer women’s recipe

Eggless Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches cake is rich and flavourful cake made with 3 milk. This mexican cake is a party winner cake. Super moist and addictive.
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Course: Cake
Cuisine: Mexican
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Author: Vidya Srinivasan

Ingredients

  • Dry ingredients:
  • All-purpose Flour – 1 cup
  • Baking Powder - 1 tsp + 1/2 tsp
  • Salt - 1/4 tsp
  • Wet Ingredients:
  • Eggs – 5 whole
  • Sugar - 1 cup
  • Vanilla- 1 tsp
  • Milk - 1/3 cup
  • Evaporated Milk - 1 can
  • Sweetened Condensed Milk - 1 can
  • Heavy Cream - 1/4 cup
  • FOR THE ICING:
  • Heavy Cream For Whipping - 1 pint
  • Sugar - 3 Tablespoons

Instructions

  • Add the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk well
  • Separate 5 eggs - put all the Yolk in one bowl and whites in the other
  • Add 1/2 cup sugar to the egg yolk and beat well with a mixer, in high speed. Beat till it becomes pale yellow and doubled its quantity approximately. It took around 5 min for me. Add milk and vanilla extract to the pale yellow mixture
  • Gently add the flour to this mixture. Set the electric mixer in low speed and whisk well
  • In a separate bowl, beat the whites in high speed till they become like a soft foam. Add remaining 1/2 cup sugar and keep it aside
  • Gently mix this to flour - yolk batter with the mixer in lowest setting
  • Pour the batter to the greased cake pan and bake it at 350 f for 30-35 min, till the cake is baked (a toothpick inserted inside should come out clean). Let it cool
  • Add condensed milk, evaporated Milk and heavy cream in a jar and whisk well.
  • After the cake is cooled completely, poke it gently using fork all over and pour the milk mixture gently everywhere including the sides in batches (say about 1/4 cup at a time, let it absorb well and then add another 1/4 cup)
  • Cover it with cling wrap and set aside to absorb. I kept it overnight.
  • Frosting - Nextday add heavy whipping cream to a bowl. Whisk well with the electric mixer in high speed till the cream becomes soft. Continuously mix for speeding up the process. Add sugar and mix well
  • Apply the frosting all over the cake and delicious tres leches cake is ready to taste. I topped it with some fresh strawberries
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Method:

  • Add the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk well
  • Separate 5 eggs – put all the Yolk in one bowl and whites in the other
  • Add 1/2 cup sugar to the egg yolk and beat well with a mixer, in high speed. Beat till it becomes pale yellow and doubled its quantity approximately. It took around 5 min for me. Add milk and vanilla extract to the pale yellow mixture

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  • Gently add the flour to this mixture. Set the electric mixer in low speed and whisk well

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  • In a separate bowl, beat the whites in high speed till they become like a soft foam. Add remaining 1/2 cup sugar and keep it aside

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  • Gently mix this to flour – yolk batter with the mixer in lowest setting

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  • Pour the batter to the greased cake pan and bake it at 350 f for 30-35 min, till the cake is baked (a toothpick inserted inside should come out clean). Let it cool

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  • Add condensed milk, evaporated Milk and heavy cream in a jar and whisk well.

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  • After the cake is cooled completely, poke it gently using fork all over and pour the milk mixture gently everywhere including the sides in batches (say about 1/4 cup at a time, let it absorb well and then add another 1/4 cup)

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  • Cover it with cling wrap and set aside to absorb. I kept it overnight.

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  • Frosting – Nextday add heavy whipping cream to a bowl. Whisk well with the electric mixer in high speed till the cream becomes soft. Continuously mix for speeding up the process. Add sugar and mix well

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  • Apply the frosting all over the cake and delicious tres leches cake is ready to taste. I topped it with some fresh strawberries

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Filed Under: Cakes & Muffins, Condensed milk recipes, Oven Recipes, Toddler Recipes Tagged With: 3, butter, cake, delicious, easy, fat, free, frosting, heavy cream, kids special, less, mexican milk, no, strawberry, three, topping, tres leches cake, vanilla

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  1. Lori says

    May 21, 2014 at 00:37

    Wow! Looks amazing! Love Tres Leches! Beautiful job!

    Reply
    • Traditionally Modern Food says

      May 21, 2014 at 05:01

      Thanks Lori:)

      Reply
  2. Lori says

    May 21, 2014 at 00:38

    Beautiful…love tres Leches!

    Reply
  3. Traditionally Modern Food says

    May 21, 2014 at 05:05

    Ya tres leches s my fav too:)

    Reply
  4. beulaharun says

    May 21, 2014 at 06:23

    Looks awesome!

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    • Traditionally Modern Food says

      May 21, 2014 at 07:10

      Thanks Beulah:)

      Reply
  5. swathi says

    June 9, 2014 at 16:08

    Delicious tres leches cake, thanks for sharing with Hearth and Soul blog hop.

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    • Traditionally Modern Food says

      June 9, 2014 at 16:23

      Thanks Swathi:) happy to b a part of ur event

      Reply
  6. Violets&Vanilla says

    July 18, 2014 at 00:48

    Yum!

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    • Traditionally Modern Food says

      July 18, 2014 at 10:49

      Thanks:)

      Reply
  7. Priya Shiva says

    August 9, 2014 at 05:16

    Looks so tempting and perfect!

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    • Traditionally Modern Food says

      August 9, 2014 at 22:10

      Thanks Priya:-)

      Reply
  8. Aswini says

    August 21, 2014 at 19:23

    mouth watering recipe.. very good presentation 🙂

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    • Traditionally Modern Food says

      August 21, 2014 at 21:35

      Thanku Aswini:-)

      Reply
  9. Dr. Rex says

    January 1, 2015 at 07:42

    This is an awesome, absolutely yummy desert! Hugs ….

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    • Traditionally Modern Food says

      January 6, 2015 at 21:23

      Thanku Dr.Rex:-)

      Reply
  10. Christy Birmingham says

    January 1, 2015 at 16:21

    How amazing that looks and sounds!

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    • Traditionally Modern Food says

      January 4, 2015 at 23:19

      Thanku Christy:-)

      Reply
  11. Sandi Gaertner (@sandigtweets) says

    August 21, 2015 at 18:22

    Tres leches cakes are my favorite….something about the combination of those different milks makes the flavor so rich.

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    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      August 22, 2015 at 17:20

      Totally, milk do magic to the dish:-)

      Reply
  12. PIYALI MUTHA says

    August 21, 2015 at 23:50

    Thanks to your co-sis for introducing you to tres -leches, we get to virtually pamper our taste buds. Loved the look of your cake. Simply irresistible and indulgence guaranteed.

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      August 22, 2015 at 17:20

      Yes dear, its one of the rich and tastiest cake I have ever tasted:-) thanku

      Reply
  13. Madiha Nawaz says

    August 22, 2015 at 08:44

    Oh Yum! This look amazing and I’m so making it soon!
    Thanks for sharing! 🙂

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      August 22, 2015 at 17:19

      Thanks Madiha:-) wait

      Reply
  14. Choclette says

    August 22, 2015 at 14:35

    I’ve seen this cake many times and I still haven’t managed to make it. Maybe this is the final inspiration I need – it does look very good.

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    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      August 22, 2015 at 17:18

      Glad you like it.. Do try it sometime

      Reply
  15. Diane says

    August 22, 2015 at 23:14

    A beautiful cake! I haven’t made a tres leche cake. you are inspiring me to try it out! I love the way you finished it with the fresh strawberries!

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    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      August 23, 2015 at 16:51

      Thanku Diane:-)

      Reply
  16. Minu says

    December 16, 2015 at 11:11

    Looks yummy Vidya

    Reply
  17. Traditionally Modern Food says

    June 9, 2014 at 21:07

    Congrts on ur 4 the year:) u have a interesting blog..

    Reply

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