Tres Leche Cake

Name: Tres Leche Cake
Prep time: 9 h 10 min
Cook time: 9 h 10 min
Total time: 9 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 191 grams cake flour, plus extra for pan; 340 grams evaporated milk; 237 milliliters half-and-half; 473 milliliters heavy cream; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 227 grams sugar; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk; 113 grams unsalted butter, room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 8 servings Vegetable oil; 5 whole eggs

Tres Leche Cake requires around 9 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 1033 calories, 15g of protein, and 62g of fat. Not A mixture of eggs, cake flour, vanillan extract, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It works well as a rather inexpensive dessert.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil and flour a 13 by 9-inch metal pan and set aside.

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All Purpose Flour

Cooking Oil

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Oven

Frying Pan

Whisk together the cake flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl and set aside.

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Baking Powder

Cake Flour

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk

Place the butter into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed until fluffy, approximately 1 minute. Decrease the speed to low and with the mixer still running, gradually add the sugar over 1 minute. Stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl, if necessary.

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Butter

Sugar

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and mix to thoroughly combine.

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Egg

Add the vanilla extract and mix to combine.

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Vanilla Extract

Add the flour mixture to the batter in 3 batches and mix just until combined.

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All Purpose Flour

Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and spread evenly. This will appear to be a very small amount of batter.

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Spread

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Frying Pan

Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until the cake is lightly golden and reaches an internal temperature of 200 degrees F.

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Oven

Remove the cake pan to a cooling rack and allow to cool for 30 minutes. Poke the top of the cake all over with a skewer or fork. Allow the cake to cool completely and then prepare the glaze.

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Glaze

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Wire Rack

Cake Form

Skewers

Whisk together the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and the half-and-half in a 1-quart measuring cup. Once combined, pour the glaze over the cake. Refrigerate the cake overnight.;

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Evaporated Milk

Glaze

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Measuring Cup

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Place the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the whisk attachment, whisk together on low until stiff peaks are formed. Change to medium speed and whisk until thick.

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Heavy Cream