Tres Leches Cake I
Tres Leches Cake I — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.
Ingredients
- 5 eggs, yolks and whites separated
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 cup self rising flour
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3 egg whites
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- ½ tsp cream of tartar (optional but used for stabilizing the egg whites; increasing their heat tolerance and volume)
Instructions
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1Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour cake pan.
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2Using a standing mixer with the whisk attachment, whip egg whites until frothy: Slowly bring the mixer to the fastest speed, stopping for a minute on each speed.
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3Slowly beat in the sugar and vanilla.
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4Mix in the egg yolks, and finally the flour.
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5Transfer batter to prepared cake pan, and bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven.
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6Remove cake and let cool to room temperature. Poke several holes in the cake.
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7Combine the condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream, and vanilla.
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8Heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. The idea is just to bring all the flavors together, so don’t overheat the milk.
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9Let the milk mixture cool to room temperature.
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10Slowly pour the milk mixture over the cake. Since you greased the cake pan the milk will flow around and under the cake. The cake will absorb most of the milk.
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11Place the egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment.
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12Slowly bring the mixer to the fastest speed stopping for a minute or so on each speed.
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13Add the cream of tartar.
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14Slowly beat in the granulated sugar.
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15Spread the meringue on top of the cake.
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16Use a blowtorch or the oven broiler to gently toast the meringue. Once the meringue starts to change color you have a few seconds before it burns, so stay alert.
- Category
- Desserts
- Method
- Baking
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 28, 2026