Tres Leches Cake with Mango

Name: Tres Leches Cake with Mango
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: South American, Latin American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 355 milliliters cake flour; 1 Tbsp dark rum; 4 larges eggs; 340 grams evaporated milk; 10 servings Ground cinnamon, for sprinkling; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 2 larges ripe mangoes; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps sugar; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk; 158 milliliters unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 10 servings Vegetable oil, for greasing; 532 milliliters whole milk

Tres Leches Cake with Mango might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 13g of protein, 45g of fat, and a total of 732 calories. This recipe serves 10. This recipe is typical of South American cuisine. If you have sugar, heavy cream, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 5 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan with vegetable oil and line the bottom with parchment paper.

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Vegetable Oil

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Baking Paper

Baking Pan

Oven

Make the cake: Beat the eggs and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer until pale and slightly thick, about 6 minutes. Slowly beat in the melted butter, then beat in the vanilla and 1/4 cup whole milk.

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Whole Milk

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

Egg

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Blender

Bowl

Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Sift the flour mixture over the egg mixture, then gently fold together with a rubber spatula to make a thick batter.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Egg

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Spatula

Whisk

Bowl

Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Run a knife along the edges to release the cake from the pan.

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Frying Pan

Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 2 cups whole milk, the evaporated milk, condensed milk and rum in a bowl. Pierce the warm cake all over with a fork, then pour the milk mixture gradually and evenly on top, letting the cake absorb the liquid until all is used. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.

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Sweetened Condensed Milk

Milk

Rum

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Whisk

Bowl

Before serving, make the topping: Peel, pit and dice the mangoes. Puree half the mangoes in a blender with 2 tablespoons sugar.

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Mango

Sugar

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Blender

Transfer to a bowl and fold in the remaining diced mango.In a separate bowl, beat the heavy cream and the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar with a mixer until soft peaks form. Slice the cake; top each piece with the whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon.

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Whipped Cream