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Tres Leches Cake Recipe (Authentic Three Milk Cake)

Tres Leches Cake Recipe also known as three milk cake is a Popular Mexican dessert cake recipe. Sponge cake soaked in three milk mixture made with evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream creates this iconic Three milk cake. Serve this melt in mouth cake with whipped cream topping and you are in heaven.
4 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Resting Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Mexican
Servings 9 servings
Calories 552 kcal

Ingredients
  

Dry Ingredients

  • 1 cup + 2 tbsp All Purpose Flour (Plain flour) 135 grams
  • ¾ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • teaspoon Salt

Wet Ingredients

Cake Batter

  • 2 large Eggs
  • ¾ cup Granulated Sugar 150 grams

Three Milk (For Soaking)

  • cup Full Fat Milk 350 ml
  • 2 cups Heavy Cream 480 ml
  • 1 can Sweet Condensed Milk 400 grams

For Serving

  • 1 cup Whipped Cream
  • Cherries optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 160 degree C (340 degree F). Grease a 20 cm square cake pan with oil and set aside.
  • Take all purpose flour, baking powder, salt in a sieve and sift them together to make it airy. You can repeat this step 2 times for extra airy mixture.This is your dry ingredients. Take cold water, vanilla extract in a jug and mix well.This is your wet ingredients
  • Take eggs in a dry clean mixing bowls, there shouldn't be any moisture which can make the egg not whip up. Use an electric blender to whip this on high speed. The mixture will get frothy and pale yellow in colour. Now start adding in sugar spoonful at a time and keep whipping till you see the mixture gets airiness.
  • Once the eggs turn fluffy, add in half of the flour mixture and the cold water and vanilla mixture and use electric beater to mix on low speed until just combined. Now add the remaining flour and gently fold with a spatula.
  • Transfer the cake batter to the prepared 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.
  • Remove cake from oven and set aside for the cake to cool. While the cake is cooling a bit, take the three milk in a jug and mix well. I am using full fat milk, sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream. Mix this to a smooth mixture using a whisk.
  • Now Take the warm cake and poke holes all over it using a fork. Now pour the milk mixture all over the cake, the cake will absorb all the milk mixture fast. Leave it for few minutes so the cake absorbs the liquid. Once the cake absorbs most of the milk, pour more milk. I poured nearly ¾ of the milk mix in. Cover the baking pan with plastic wrap and place it in fridge for couple of hours.
  • After few hours, you will see the cake has absorbed even more milk mixture. You can pour more milk if needed. Cut the cake into pieces and garnish with whipped cream and cherries.
  • Serve a slice of cake with the reserved milk mixture. Enjoy.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Tres Leches Cake Recipe (Authentic Three Milk Cake)
Serving Size
 
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
552
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
27
g
42
%
Saturated Fat
 
17
g
106
%
Trans Fat
 
0.004
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
7
g
Cholesterol
 
126
mg
42
%
Sodium
 
170
mg
7
%
Potassium
 
333
mg
10
%
Carbohydrates
 
68
g
23
%
Fiber
 
1
g
4
%
Sugar
 
45
g
50
%
Protein
 
11
g
22
%
Vitamin A
 
1066
IU
21
%
Vitamin C
 
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
 
247
mg
25
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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