How to Cook Tres Leches Cake
Prepare your baking equipment., Mix the dry ingredients., Mix the wet ingredients., Finish the batter., Bake the cake., Poke holes in the top of the cake., Make the tres leches mixture., Pour the mixture over the cake., Make a whipped cream...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Prepare your baking equipment.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a 9 by 13 baking pan.
You could also use a large round cake pan if you wish. -
Step 2: Mix the dry ingredients.
Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
Use a whisk to mix the ingredients well. , In a separate bowl, combine the oil, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Use a whisk or spoon to beat the ingredients.
Add the eggs to the sugar mixture one at a time, beating until the mixture becomes light in color and foamy.
Stir in the 1/2 cup of milk. , A cup at a time, gently fold the flour mixture into the wet sugar mixture to create a sticky batter.
Continue folding the flour mixture in until you can no longer see white bits of flour.
Don't overmix the batter at this stage, or the texture of the cake will be dense.
Use a spatula or wooden spoon for best results. , Pour the batter into the lightly greased cake pan or baking dish.
Place the dish in the oven and bake the cake for 30-40 minutes, or until it feels firm and an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for a few minutes, until it comes to room temperature. , Use a fork or skewer to pierce the cake all over the top.
The holes will provide entry points for the sweet milk mixture.
Don't pierce so much that the top of the cake's texture looks bumpy.
Use a fork with thin tines or a thin skewer so you don't pull up crumbs as you poke holes. , Combine the remaining milk with the sweetened condensed milk, the evaporated milk and the rum in a mixing bowl.
Use a whisk to stir the ingredients together completely. , Try to pour it evenly across the surface of the cake, letting it seep into the holes you made.
Pour those combined ingredients over the cooled cake.
Cover the cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
The cake is now ready to eat or complete with a topping. , This is a classic topping for tres leches cake, since the texture of the whipped cream is a great contrast to the cake.
Place 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream and 1/2 cup sugar in a mixing bowl.
Whip the cream until it forms soft peaks.
Spread the cream over the tres leches cake just before serving.
You can flavor the whipped cream with cinnamon, vanilla, lemon, or another favorite flavor.
Don't spread the whipped cream topping on the cake until just before you serve it; its texture will suffer if you let it sit out too long or try to refrigerate it first. , Tart fruit is another popular topping for tres leches cake.
Serve it either over the whipped topping or directly on top of the cake.
Choose from among the following fruit combinations:
Strawberries and blueberries.
Lightly crush the berries and sprinkle them with sugar.
Let them sit for 15 minutes, then spread the topping on the cake.
Mangos and papayas.
Thinly slice a mango and a papaya.
Combine the slices in a bowl and sprinkle them lightly with sugar.
Spread the fruit topping on the cake when you're ready to serve it.Peaches and cherries.
Slice up a peach into thin wedges, and slice cherries into halves and remove the pits.
Layer the peaches and cherries over the top of the cake in a pretty pattern. , -
Step 3: Mix the wet ingredients.
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Step 4: Finish the batter.
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Step 5: Bake the cake.
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Step 6: Poke holes in the top of the cake.
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Step 7: Make the tres leches mixture.
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Step 8: Pour the mixture over the cake.
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Step 9: Make a whipped cream topping.
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Step 10: Make a fruit topping.
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Step 11: Finished.
Detailed Guide
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a 9 by 13 baking pan.
You could also use a large round cake pan if you wish.
Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl.
Use a whisk to mix the ingredients well. , In a separate bowl, combine the oil, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
Use a whisk or spoon to beat the ingredients.
Add the eggs to the sugar mixture one at a time, beating until the mixture becomes light in color and foamy.
Stir in the 1/2 cup of milk. , A cup at a time, gently fold the flour mixture into the wet sugar mixture to create a sticky batter.
Continue folding the flour mixture in until you can no longer see white bits of flour.
Don't overmix the batter at this stage, or the texture of the cake will be dense.
Use a spatula or wooden spoon for best results. , Pour the batter into the lightly greased cake pan or baking dish.
Place the dish in the oven and bake the cake for 30-40 minutes, or until it feels firm and an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for a few minutes, until it comes to room temperature. , Use a fork or skewer to pierce the cake all over the top.
The holes will provide entry points for the sweet milk mixture.
Don't pierce so much that the top of the cake's texture looks bumpy.
Use a fork with thin tines or a thin skewer so you don't pull up crumbs as you poke holes. , Combine the remaining milk with the sweetened condensed milk, the evaporated milk and the rum in a mixing bowl.
Use a whisk to stir the ingredients together completely. , Try to pour it evenly across the surface of the cake, letting it seep into the holes you made.
Pour those combined ingredients over the cooled cake.
Cover the cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
The cake is now ready to eat or complete with a topping. , This is a classic topping for tres leches cake, since the texture of the whipped cream is a great contrast to the cake.
Place 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream and 1/2 cup sugar in a mixing bowl.
Whip the cream until it forms soft peaks.
Spread the cream over the tres leches cake just before serving.
You can flavor the whipped cream with cinnamon, vanilla, lemon, or another favorite flavor.
Don't spread the whipped cream topping on the cake until just before you serve it; its texture will suffer if you let it sit out too long or try to refrigerate it first. , Tart fruit is another popular topping for tres leches cake.
Serve it either over the whipped topping or directly on top of the cake.
Choose from among the following fruit combinations:
Strawberries and blueberries.
Lightly crush the berries and sprinkle them with sugar.
Let them sit for 15 minutes, then spread the topping on the cake.
Mangos and papayas.
Thinly slice a mango and a papaya.
Combine the slices in a bowl and sprinkle them lightly with sugar.
Spread the fruit topping on the cake when you're ready to serve it.Peaches and cherries.
Slice up a peach into thin wedges, and slice cherries into halves and remove the pits.
Layer the peaches and cherries over the top of the cake in a pretty pattern. ,
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