I made this cake way before Cinco de Mayo, but as said in previous posts, I have been a slacker and haven't wanted to get on the computer! So here it is many days after, but still a really good cake to try any time!
It was moist, and easy to make! I dont' know if I would have thought to make this except I bought Pioneer Woman's new cookbook and was wanting to make something from it! Cake it was!
It is definitely a yummy (and no chocolate) recipe and it was really simple to make!
Try it today! I dare you! You wont be disappointed!
Tres Leches Cake
(The Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbook)
- 1 cup flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 large eggs, separated
- 1 cup plus 3 tbsp sugar
- 1/3 cup milk (she says whole milk, but I used 1% that I had on hand)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 12 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 14 ounce can evaporated milk (I think I found I had a 14 ounce can sweetened condensed and 1 12 ounce evaporated and it was fine)
- 1 pint plus 1/4 cup heavy cream
- Maraschino cherries for garnish if wanted!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour your 9 x 13 pan. Really follow this because I didn't and was unable to get mine out of the pan!
Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
Add the egg yolks and 3/4 cup of the sugar to a mixing bowl. Beat them until very light in color. Then add your 1/3 cup milk and vanilla. Beat until just combined.
Pour this over your flour mixture and stir gently until combined with a rubber spatula.
In a clean mixing bowl, beat your egg whites on high speed until soft peaks form. Add 1/4 cup sugar and then continue beating until the whites are stiff but not dry.
Gently fold your egg whites into the bowl with the other ingredients. Don't over mix! Again Don't Over mix!! Stop just short of it all being completely mixed in!
Spread the batter in your baking pan and bake the cake for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove the cake and let it cool completely in the pan. It will be spongy looking!
When the cake is cool, invert it on a platter. This is where I ran into problems. If you can't get it out, then just do the next steps in the cake pan. It worked fine for me!
Poke holes in your cake all over with a fork. Combine your sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and 1/4 cup heavy cream. Slowly pour this all over your cake! Make sure to get it all over the edges and evenly coat the surfaces! Some of the liquid will pool all around the cake too!
Allow cake to sit for 30 minutes to soak up all that milky goodness. Then whip your 1 pint heavy cream with the remaining 3 tbsp sugar until thick. Spread this all over your cake! YUM!!!
Cut into squares and be prepared for people to ask what is that?? and promptly want the recipe!
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