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Easy Tres Leches Cake Recipe

Luxurious and easy to make Tres Leches cake recipe
Course afternoon tea, cake

Ingredients
  

  • 4 eggs separated
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200 g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 100 ml milk
  • 410 g evaporated milk
  • 200 ml sweetened condensed milk
  • 300 ml double cream
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • handful of strawberries

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
  • Lightly oil and line the base and sides of a 20cm square cake tin.
  • Put the egg whites in a large bowl with a pinch of salt. Beat with an electric hand whisk until foamy,.
  • Keep mixing whilst you add 150g of the sugar, slowly, until thick and glossy.
  • In separate bowl, mix the egg yolks, the remaining sugar and vanilla for 2 mins pale and foamy.
  • Add the flour, baking powder and milk to the egg yolks.
  • Fold everything together using a spatula.
  • Add the egg white to the cake mix, folding it in until you create a smooth batter
  • Pour into the tin and bake for 40-45 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  • Leave the cake to cool in the tin.
  • Ease the cake out of the tin and then a poke holes over the surface with a skewer.
  • Mix together the evaporated milk, condensed milk and 3 tbsp of the cream.
  • Pour over half the milk mixture.
  • After 5 mins or so, it should have soaked into the cake.
  • Leave for another 5 mins, then transfer to a plate and pour over the remaining milk until it starts to leak a little.
  • Whip the remaining cream and icing sugar together until it reaches soft peaks stage.
  • Spread the cream over the cake.
  • Chill, when ready to serve, cut into squares and top with sliced strawberry.
Keyword afternoon tea, cake