Tres Leches Cake Recipe
A light sponge cake soaked in three types of milk.Topped with whipped cream and cinnamon.Perfectly moist, rich, and easy to make dessert.
Ingredients
- ½ tsp rapeseed oil
- 140 g plain flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 5 eggs
- 150 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 ml milk
Three Milk Mixture:
- 300 ml evaporated milk
- 200 ml condensed milk
- 200 ml whole milk
Decoration:
- 300 ml whipping cream or double cream
- 1½ tbsp icing sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Lightly oil a baking dish.
- Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
- Separate egg yolks and whites into two bowls.
- Beat egg yolks with most of the sugar until pale, then mix in vanilla and milk.
- Fold in the dry ingredients gently.
- Whisk egg whites to stiff peaks, then add remaining sugar and whisk again.
- Fold egg whites into the batter carefully.
- Pour into dish and bake for 25 minutes until cooked through.
- Let the cake cool completely.
- Mix the three milks and slowly pour over the cake after pricking it.
- Whip cream with icing sugar and spread over the soaked cake.
- Sprinkle cinnamon and serve.
- This Tres Leches Cake Recipe becomes even more flavorful as it rests and absorbs the milk mixture.
Notes
- Serve chilled for best flavor.
- Add fresh strawberries or mango for a fruity twist.
- Can be made a day ahead for deeper flavor.