Tres Leches Cake Recipe with step by step pictures. Popular mexican dessert cake recipe made with a sponge cake which is soaked in a three milk concotion.
Tres Leches Cake
I have seen this cake all over the internet and i wanted to make them so badly. Finally few days back i made and loved it to the core. This cake turned out so melt in mouth delicious.
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About this Recipe
A tres leches cake, also known as a pan tres leches cake, is a type of sponge cake. A butter cake is soaked in three types of milk in some recipes: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream. This Tres leches is a very light cake with lots of air bubbles when no butter is used.
Tres leches cake is a uniquely Latin American dessert. Recipes for soaked-cake desserts were found in Mexico as early as the nineteenth century, most likely as a result of the extensive cross- cultural exchange that occurred between Europe and the Americas. This Tres leches cake has become popular in Nicaragua, among other
places.
Where was tres leches invented?
The most likely explanation is that tres leches, or its inspiration, originated in England during the Middle Ages. Tres leches can be classified as a trifle cake, which originated in England during the Middle Ages. Soaking a cake was and still is a simple way to reuse old or stale cake.
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This recipe is not at all hard. It is so easy to make. First you have to make a simple sponge cake, then soak the cake in a delicious three milk. Normally they use evaporated milk, condensed milk and cream for this. But i used normal thick full fat milk for this which gave that same texture and taste.
Ingredients for Tres Leches Cake Recipe
All Purpose Flour:
All-purpose flour can be used for a variety of tasks, including baking, cooking, coating meats and vegetables, and thickening sauces and gravies. To manufacture all-purpose flour, a blend of hard wheat (which has more gluten) and soft wheat is crushed together.
Full Cream Milk :
Full Cream Milk is defined as milk or a combination of buffalo or cow milk, or a product prepared by combining both, that has been standardised to the fat and solids-not-fat percentages given in the table below in 1.0, by adjustment/addition of milk solids. Cream Milk must be pasteurised.
Sweet Condensed Milk :
In this recipe, it serves as an egg. And no additional sugar is used because the condensed milk is sweet enough to cover the entire cake. Furthermore, because cocoa powder is a drying ingredient, the richness/fat of it aids in the creation of a moist cake.
How to Make Tres Leches Cake
- Preheat oven to 160 degree C. Grease a 20 cm square cake pan with oil and set aside.
- Take flour, baking powder, salt in a sifter and sieve well.
- Take cold water, vanilla in a jug and mix well. Set aside.
- Add eggs in a bowl and use a hand blender to whip it up. Once it is well whipped. add in sugar slowly and keep whipping.
- Once the eggs turn fluffy. add in half of the flour mix and whip. Pour in the cold water mix and the remaining flour and mix well.
- Pour this into the cake pan and bake for 30 to 35 mins. Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done. If it comes out clean then the cake is baked.
How to Assemble Three Milk Cake
- While the cake is cooling, take the three milk in a jug and mix well.
- Take the warm cake and poke holes all over it using a fork. Now pour the milk mix over it and keep pouring and pouring. Leave it for few minutes so the cake absorbs the liquid. Now pour again, i poured ¾ of the milk mix in. Covered it with plastic wrap and popped it in fridge for couple of hours.
- Now i took out and poured some more milk mix in.
- Cut the cake into pieces and garnish with whipped cream and cherries.
- Serve cold.
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Tres Leches Cake Recipe | Three Milk Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- For Cake:
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 cup+ 2 tblsp / 120 grams + 2 tblspn
- Baking Powder - ¾ tsp
- Salt a pinch
- Eggs - 2
- Sugar - ¾ cup / 150 grams
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
- Cold Water - ⅓ cup
- For the Milk:
- Full Cream Milk - 1 cup boiled and cooled
- Fresh Cream / Whipping Cream - 1 cup
- Sweet Condensed Milk - 1 cup
- For Serving:
- Whipped Cream - as needed
- Cherries as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160 degree C. Grease a 20 cm square cake pan with oil and set aside.
- Take flour, baking powder, salt in a sifter and sieve well.
- Take cold water, vanilla in a jug and mix well. Set aside.
- Take eggs in a bowl and use a hand blender to whip it up. Once it is well whipped. add in sugar slowly and keep whipping.
- Once the eggs turn fluffy, add in half of the flour mix and whip, add in the cold water mix and the remaining flour and mix well.
- Pour this into the cake pan and bake for 30 to 35 mins. Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done. If it comes out clean then the cake is baked.
- While the cake is cooling, take the three milk in a jug and mix well.
- Take the warm cake and poke holes all over it using a fork. Now pour the milk mix over it and keep pouring and pouring. Leave it for few minutes so the cake absorbs the liquid. Now pour again, i poured ¾ of the milk mix in. Covered it with plastic wrap and popped it in fridge for couple of hours.
- Now i took out and poured some more milk mix in.
- Cut the cake into pieces and garnish with whipped cream and cherries.
- Serve cold.
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Tres Leches Cake Recipe Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| First step..Grease a 20 cm square pan with oil |
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| brush it evenly and set aside |
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| now lets make the dried ingredients..Take flour in a sifter |
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| add in little baking powder |
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| and some salt |
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| sieve it well and set aside |
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| Take cold water in a bowl |
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| add in vanilla and mix well.. |
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| You have to make sure the mix is cold..So popped this in fridge till i get ready with the other stuffs |
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| crack open 2 eggs in a bowl |
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| use a electric hand blender to whip it |
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| beat till it is creamy |
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| now it has started doubling in size |
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| now the eggs are light and airy |
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| add in sugar slowly and keep whipping |
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| keep whipping and keep adding sugar |
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| add sugar and keep whisking |
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| don't over whip the eggs..it should be fluffy |
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| just like this |
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| add in half of the flour mix in |
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| pour in the vanilla water |
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| whip it up |
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| add in remaining flour mix in |
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| whip again |
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| now it is mixed well |
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| use a spatula to give one good mix |
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| pour it in the prepared pan |
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| tap the pan few times to remove any air bubbles |
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| and bake them..when the cake is cooling..lets make the milk mix |
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| take your three milk |
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| crack open a can of condensed milk |
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| pour a cup of it in |
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| now add in a cup of milk |
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| add in a cup of cream |
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| now time to mix it up |
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| yum yum |
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| now take your cake and poke holes through out the cake |
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| poke completely |
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| now pour the milk mix over it..don't over do it.. |
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| once you see the milk is floating on top, let give few mins |
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| now the cake has sucked up the milk mix |
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| now i poured it again |
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| cover the cake with plastic and chill it |
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| after couple of hours, this is how it looks |
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| now pour some more in |
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| cut into slices |
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| i whipped some cream |
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| place a slice on a serving plate |
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| fill a piping bag with cream |
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| pipe it over |
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| pour some more sauce for serving |
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| place a cherry |
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| and serve |
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| Enjoy |
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| So moist and so delicious |
Deepti P
Hi. I want to try this out. Looks yummy. But I did mot understand the flour measurements.(Maida - 1 cup+ 2 tblsp / 120 grams + 2 tblspn). in total how much flour should be taken ? 240 gms + 120 gms or only 120 gms ? You have said that your 1 cup is 240 ml ?
Saucy Siciliana
Oh, that looks so tempting, I could eat it right now!
Puja
Amazing recipe I follow all ur recipes they are just simple affordable nd delicious I m gonna try it but one question can we make it without eggs too ???
Anonymous
Amazing recipe I follow ur blog nd all ur recipes are simple nd tempting one question can we make it without eggs what's the substitute?
Anonymous
Ultimate
Anonymous
Cake looks yummy aarthi...I tried tuttifrutti yogurt cake its nice but I feel the egg flavour is dominating any suggestion instead of egg
Aarthi
@Anonymousno sub for eggs.
Aarthi
@Anonymousnot sure about the egg sub..u need that
Aarthi
@Deepti Pit is 1 cup + 2 tblspn
Breeze P
Wow, this is my favourite cake, we used to buy it for all my family occassions like b'day and anniversary... surely will try... thanks for posting...
Anonymous
Hi
Thanks for sharing your recipe... I was just wondering that does this recipe not require any oil/ butter?
Anonymous
Can this be made in pressure cooker?
Also wont the break when we unmould it from the pan as its all soft and spongy with the milk ? Or we shld slice it directly from cake pan and not invert.
Aarthi
@Anonymousthis recipe dont need that, since it is going to be soaked in milk, it will stay moist
Aarthi
@AnonymousYou can make it in pressure cooker. this cake cannot be unmoulded, you can unmould it and place it in serving place before pouring the milk mix over it. Use a high sided plate for that. But i sliced it directly in the cake pan and served
Anonymous
Thanks for your response Aarthi...I am surely going to try it 🙂
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi....usually all the ingredients for baking should be at room temperature.......then why have u used cold water in it..... normally cold will deactivate baking powder & cake will not rise.....can u plz tell the secret behind this....
Aarthi
@AnonymousI am not sure what it does, it gives a more strudier cake which absorbs the milks better
Anonymous
Any substitute for cream?
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can use milk instead, but cream gives that richness
Anonymous
can we use icing sugar instead of normal ones ????!!!
If yes then the required quantity plzz...
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use
preethi
Hi Aarthi, Can we bake this in microwave?
Aarthi
if u have a convection oven, you can bake
Fermie Praisid
Hi Aarthi,
I tried this cake and it tasted soooooo yummy.. Just fell in love with the cake and everyone at home liked it. Thanks for the recipe. ☺
Pavithra
Hi Arthi, am a big fan of your recipes.. Especially the pictorial representation is the best that makes my hob fast.. Keep going.
One suggestion as a critic .. Every person needs a critic to grow and improve. Hope u take it in the right way.
Please start using stainless steel kitchen gadgets .. The plastic mugs and containers are a black mark to ur pictures.. I always used to think u t doing it onpurpose to reach the common people u can relate u to themselves but even otherwise i feel it can be basic stainless steels cups or bowls always .
All the best...
Bharathi
Aarthi I want to try this cake NW ,I dnt hav baking powder NW shall I use baking soda 1/2 TSP.
Rameeza
Looks yummy 😋. I have seen this cake being steamed in many videos, but you are baking it. Is it ok to do in both the ways?😊
Aarthi
yes