Hey foodies, Welcome to your one-stop recipe center panellasdeli today we are going to make a tasty and creamy tres leches cake or milk cake that you will love.
About the dish
Tres leches cake is one of the delicious and classic recipes that you can try. This is one of the viral recipes nowadays because of its unique taste and texture. This cake is unique in its texture and taste also as this cake is made with three different mixtures of milk which is quite a very amazing and interesting fact about this cake. The generous amount of creamy texture that you can find in this cake is surely very impressive. Also, the balanced flavors and the delicate texture of this cake will blow your mind for sure. It’s a very beautiful and balanced dish that will offer you a great balanced and classic flavor of milk in its best form which you would love for sure.
This is a classic recipe so this recipe can’t be experimented with a lot as it is not about the ingredients it is the procedure that provides the texture and the flavors for this recipe. So it is very important that you are not experimenting with the texture and the process of this cake. Otherwise, it will ruin the whole dish. So today we are going to make this dish as classic and simple as possible with simple explanations so that you can make it without any difficulties and enjoy it any time you want.
Details of the dish
| Preparation Time | 30 Minutes |
| Cooking Time | 45 Minutes |
| Total Time | 1 Hour 15 Minutes |
| Servings | 12 to 14 Servings |
| Difficulty | Hard |
Ingredients
The ingredients you need to make Tres leches are all-purpose flour, baking powder, salted butter, white sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, whole milk, sweet and condensed milk, heavy milk, heavy whipped, cream, white sugar, vanilla, and strawberries.
Five days to make this dish
- Easy to make
- Flavourful
- Beautiful texture
- Easily available ingredients
- Blends in your mouth
Preparation steps
1. Use good quality milk
As the main ingredient of this dish is milk, make sure that you are using good quality and creamy milk so that the milk can give the texture and flavors that you want in your dish. The milk is the star ingredient or the core ingredient of the dish so if your milk is creamy and fresh and is of good quality, then it can provide the taste and texture that we are expecting to provide it in the dish otherwise it will not able to provide it in the dish and it will imbalance overall flavor of the dish.
2. Use heavy cream
Using heavy cream is one of the most important steps if you are using the normal cream, then it will not provide the texture that we want in the cream component of this dish so at least it will not be able to complement the dish well so you must be using heavy and fresh cream to make the cream of the cake so that it can balance the component and give a beautiful texture to the dish.
3. Preheating the oven
Preheating the oven. The oven is one of the most important things when you’re making anything in an oven as it ensures that the cooking process is going well and also provides the base of the cooking. So it is very important to preheat the oven for the required time and temperature for any particular dish. For this dish, you have to preheat your oven to 350°F for 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Preparing the baking dish
To prepare the baking dish, you have to grease melted butter on the baking dish. After that, place a butter paper on the bottom of the baking dish and grease the butter paper with melted butter as well. After that, you have to dust the baking dish with all-purpose flour and then you have to tap out the excess flour from the baking dish. Now your baking dish is ready, keep it aside.
5. Making the cake base
To make the cake base, you have to take a bowl, then you have to add all-purpose flour and baking powder together, and mix it well. Then you have to take another bowl and you have to add sugar and butter and then you have to beat it together with an electric blender or mixer. After that when the mixture is light and fluffy, you have to add eggs and vanilla extract and mix it with the mixture or beat it with an electric blender until it’s properly mixed and becomes light and fluffy.
After that, you have to add the flour mixture and then you have to mix it with the egg mixture with a spoon or spatula. Make sure that you are adding to the wet mixture in multiple steps. Don’t add it in one step. It will make it difficult to mix the ingredients properly and gain the consistency that we want. After that, you have to blend it with an electric blender until the batter is smooth and lumps-free.
Now you have to pour the batter into the baking dish that you had prepared and tap it down one to 2 times so that the batter settles down in the baking dish. Remember that you don’t have to fill the batter to the top of the baking dish. Then it will be unable to cook properly.
6. Baking the cake
Now you have to bake the mixture in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. After that, you have to insert a toothpick in the center of the cake. If it comes out clean then it’s ready. Otherwise, you have to bake the mixture for a few more minutes. After that, you have to take it out from the oven and cool it down for 5 to 7 minutes.
7. Making the liquid milk component
For making the second milk component, you have to take a bowl then you have to add whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk, and mix it together. Then you have to keep it in the fridge so that the flavor settles down.
8. Making the cream
To make the cream, you have to take the heavy cream in a chill bowl and you have to beat it with powdered sugar and a drop of vanilla until it’s light and thick. Remember that if you are holding the cream in the spoon and you are upside down to the spoon but it’s not falling down then your cream is ready.
9. Assembling the dish
To assemble the cake, you have to first de-mold your cake from the baking dish and also remove the butter paper from it. After that, you have to pour liquid milk on the cake base and allow the cake base to soak the liquid milk component nicely. After that, you have pipe whipped cream on the top of the cake and for the final touch decorate it with freshly thick sliced strawberries on top of it.
Presentation
On a white plate, place your piece of Tres leches and pour liquid milk on the side of the plate, then you have to decorate it with freshly cut Strawberries and enjoy.
Pro tip
The cake should absorb the milk component nicely to give the perfect texture and flavor to the dish.
Excellence tips
- Use heavy cream.
- Use good quality and fresh milk.
- Don’t forget to preheat your oven before baking.
- Make sure that your cake base absorbs the liquid milk mixture that you had prepared to give the perfect taste and texture.
- Use fresh strawberries to decorate the cake to give a twist to the dish.
So this is the recipe for Tres leches or milk cake. I hope you like it, you made it and you enjoy it as well. See you soon as soon as possible with a new and delicious recipe and lots of excitement. Lots of love to you.