Tres leches

[dazie]

i think we've discussed this cake before.  I love it, although I've never tried this recipe.  Mostly I'm posting it here so I can come back and find it easily when I want to make it.

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Tres Leches Cake

Ingredients

Cake
2 cups all purpose flour
3 tsp baking powder
6 large eggs, separated at room temp
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk at room temp

Three milks sauce
12 oz can evaporated milk
14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup half & half
2 TB. rum, sherry or cognac (I use a good slug of rum extract)
cinnamon
sweetened whipped cream (optional)

Preheat oven to 325. Mix flour and baking powder in a medium bowl. Beat the egg whites with an electric beater until stiff in a large bowl. Add the sugar and continue beating until the sugar dissolves and the whites are thick and shiny.

Gradually beat in the yolks and vanilla. Beat on low speed for three minutes. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk until smooth.

Pour into greased 9x13 pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

Cool until lukewarm (approx. 20 minutes). Meanwhile make the sauce by mixing together all sauce ingredients thoroughly.

Prick the top of the cake all over with a skewer-like something and gradually spoon all of the sauce over the cake to soak in. Leave to soak in for a half hour and then refrigerate at least two hours and up to overnight. Sprinkle with cinnamon or top with whipped cream right before serving. Or both.

This is even better after a day or two. It sounds a lot more complicated than it is and this cake is to die for.

[Gamplayerx]

I'd eat it.

[ReBurn]

I'd eat it.

Would you bake it?

[Gamplayerx]

I'd eat it.

Would you bake it?

Sure.  If someone brought me all the ingredients and a mixer and a baking pan.  I'm fairly certain I already have a skewer-like something.

[dazie]

I thought you were the one that doesn't like soggy food?

Maybe it was Jessie...

[Gamplayerx]

I like almost everything.  Except fish, gamehen, cabbage, cooked bell peppers, liver, squash, brussel sprouts, peas, black licorice, yellow candy, Miracle Whip and ham.

[Alice]

Coffee?

[Gamplayerx]

Coffee?

Right.  Good call.  Add coffee to the list of dislikes.  Thanks, alice.

[eo000]

Coffee?

Right.  Good call.  Add coffee to the list of dislikes.  Thanks, alice.

california cheesesteak?

[Gamplayerx]

Coffee?

Right.  Good call.  Add coffee to the list of dislikes.  Thanks, alice.

california cheesesteak?

Right.  Good call.  Add california cheesesteak to the list of dislikes.  Thanks, eo.

[Alice]

Mung?

[Gamplayerx]

Right.  Good call.  Add mung to the list of dislikes.  Thanks, alice.

[Jessie]

What is california cheesecake?

I keep thinking this is about leaches.

[Alice]

What is california cheeseSTEAK?

I keep thinking this is about leaches.

[Jessie]

Oh.  What's that?

[ReBurn]

Oh.  What's that?

If you would bring yourself to chat you would know, now wouldn't you?

[BigDun]

Popcorn?

[Gamplayerx]

Popcorn?

I like popcorn.  I just don't like the smell of whatever accelerants they put in the packaging of microwave popcorn.