Tres Leches Cake.
You can cook Tres Leches Cake using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Tres Leches Cake
- Prepare of For the batter:.
- It’s 2 cups of All Purpose Flour.
- Prepare 2 tsp of Baking Powder.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of Salt.
- It’s 1/2 cup of Unsalted Butter, softened at room temperature.
- It’s 1 cup of Granulated Sugar.
- You need 5 of eggs, separated.
- It’s 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract.
- Prepare 1 cup of Whole Milk.
- You need 2 cups of Chopped Strawberries.
- It’s 1 (14 oz) of can of Sweetened Condensed Milk.
- It’s 1 (12 oz) of can of Evaporated Milk.
- It’s 1/4 cup of Whole Milk.
- It’s of For the whipped topping:.
- Prepare 1 cup of Heavy Whipping Cream.
- You need 3 Tbsp of Powdered Sugar.
Tres Leches Cake instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9 inch springform pan with some non-stick spray and set aside..
- In the bowl of a standing mixer, fitted with a whisk attachment, whip the egg whites until they develop stiff peaks and remove them to a different bowl. Make sure that your bowl and whisk are completely clean and dry before whipping the eggs..
- In the same bowl cream butter and sugar together, add the egg yolks with the vanilla and mix for about a minute. Add milk followed by the flour with baking powder, salt and strawberries. Mix by hand just enough to fold your strawberries in the batter and gently fold in the egg whites until everything is well combined..
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Allow it to cool for about 15 minutes, remove side of the pan and place it on a deep serving plate..
- Pierce the surface of the cake with a fork. In a large measuring cup mix together condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk. Pour the milk mixture slowly over the cake until absorbed and refrigerate it for a couple of hours to cool completely..
- To make a whipped cream, place the mixing bowl and the whisk into the freezer for about 10-15 minutes. Add the heavy whipping cream and the sugar to the bowl and whisk until the cream reaches stiff peaks for about 6 to 7 minutes. Be careful to not overbeat..
- Frost the cake with whipped cream and garnish it with fresh strawberries and any berries of your choice. Enjoy!.