THREE MILKS CAKE (TORTA DE TRES LECHES)

Name: THREE MILKS CAKE (TORTA DE TRES LECHES)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: South American, Latin American
Ingredients: 473 milliliters all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 6 Tbsps butter; 5 eggs; 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters whole milk

The recipe THREE MILKS CAKE (TORTA DE TRES LECHES) could satisfy your South American craving in roughly 45 minutes. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 354 calories, 6g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 10. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of all purpose flour, salt, milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

preheat the oven to 350° FGrease and lightly flour a baking dish.To make the cake: In a bowl whisk together the flour, salt and baking powder.In a small pot heat the milk and butter, remove from the heat and set aside.In a large bowl beat the eggs with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Milk

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Baking Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Oven

Pot

Add the sugar and continue mixing for 5 minutes. Reduce the speed to low.

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Sugar

Add the flour mixture, butter mixture and vanilla extract and mix for 1 more minute.

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Vanilla Extract

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Pour the batter into the baking dish and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.

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Baking Pan

Toothpicks

Oven

Remove cake from the oven and with a fork make holes all over the top of the cake. Set aside to cool for 10 to 15 minutes.When the cake is cooling, make the milk sauce, whisk together sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, heavy cream and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl.

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Evaporated Milk

Vanilla Extract

Heavy Cream

Sauce

Milk

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk

Oven

Pour the 3 milks sauce over the cake until it is all absorbed. Refrigerate for a least 3 hours or overnight before frosting.For the frosting, in a small pot mix the water and sugar, over medium high heat, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Set aside.Beat the egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff peaks are formed. While beating the egg whites, add sugar syrup and continue beating for 5 more minutes.

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Cream Of Tartar

Simple Syrup