Tres Leches Cake (Half Sheet)
Tres Leches Cake (Half Sheet). This light and fluffy tres leches cake recipe uses four types of milk and is topped with whipped cream, making it extra moist and delicious. This cake is made with three layers: Cake, filling, and topping. This Tres Leches Cake recipe makes a delicious authentic Mexican dessert.
If you cannot get it where you live, substitute equal amounts whole milk and heavy cream. Tres leches is a moist and subtly sweet cake made with sponge cake and three different kinds of milk. Repeat again with the remaining flour and whites. You can have Tres Leches Cake (Half Sheet) using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Tres Leches Cake (Half Sheet)
- Prepare of All Purpose Flour.
- Prepare of baking powder.
- It's of Large Eggs (Separated).
- It's of sugar.
- It's of Milk (1℅).
- Prepare of vanilla.
- You need of ground cinnamon.
- It's of Milk Mixture.
- Prepare of Sweetened Condensed Milk (14oz).
- You need of evaporated milk (12oz).
- Prepare of Heavy Whipping Cream.
- You need of Vanilla.
- Prepare of ground cinnamon.
- Prepare of Whipped Topping.
- It's of Heavy Whipping Cream.
- Prepare of Vanilla.
- You need of Powdered Sugar.
- Prepare of Decor.
- It's of Strawberries.
The BEST authentic homemade Tres Leches Cake. An ultra light cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture and topped with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon. This simple Mexican dessert is one of our favorites! Enter this pretty Tres Leches Cake.
Tres Leches Cake (Half Sheet) instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350°. Spray Pan with cooking spray.(Half Sheet Pan 17x11x2 or cut the recipe in half for a 9x13 pan).
- Mix Flour and Baking Powder with whisk and set aside..
- In a large mixing bowl beat Egg Whites until frothy. Gradually add Sugar + beat until it forms soft peaks. Add yolks one at a time mixing after each one..
- Add Vanilla and Mix again..
- Add flour in 3 additions alternating with Milk(1%)..
- Pour batter into pan and bake for (30+mins) until golden brown..
- Remove from oven and place in freezer on a thick folded towel to avoid heat spreading to other items in the freezer. Leave it to cool for 1 hour..
- Poke holes all over cake. (I use a toothpick but a two prong fork works as well)..
- Combine all of the Milk Mixture ingredients and gently pour over your cooled cake. You may have to take your time to let the milk soak in to add more..
- Refrigerate Cake Overnight or at least 4 hours..
- For the Whipped Topping. Beat Heavy Whipping Cream + Vanilla in a Large Bowl until soft peaks form.(this takes a while)..
- Add Powdered Sugar a little at a Time until you have reached your desired sweetness..
- Frost your cake and decorate with fresh fruit of your choice..
- Keep refrigerated until you serve..
It may be very Mexican, but it's also perfect as a Mother's Day brunch cake or dessert. Here's what you might find odd about a tres leches cake. In order to allow the cake to soak up all that delicious glaze, you will need to poke holes in it. How many cake mix boxes do you need for a half sheet cake/how do I grease my baking sheets? Tres Leches Cake isn't your regular sheet cake.
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