Tres Leches or Three Milk Cake | Areeba’s kitchen

I know this recipe is a bit lengthy but believe me its super moist and delicious or ill say “it just melts in your mouth”

For sponge or base

All purpose flour                             1 cup

Baking powder                                 1 ½ teaspoon

Eggs                                                    5 large (separated)

Sugar                                                  1 cup

Milk                                                    ¾ cup

Salt                                                     pinch (optional)

Vanilla essence                                1 teaspoon

In a bowl separated egg whites and egg yolks

In egg yolks add sugar and beat till creamy texture occurs,

Now gradually add flour, salt and baking powder

Now add milk and vanilla essence, beat until smooth consistency occurs.

Beat the egg white until stiff peaks appears and fold egg whites into egg yolk mixture until well combine (fold it with very light hand and add egg white gradually and fold, don’t over beat or mix)

Pour this cake batter into a greased dish preferably into 9 x 13 dish (greased it with butter)

And bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 F in a pre-heated oven

Bake till the inserted toothpick came out clean,

When the cake it baked, rest it on a room temperature until cooled down then put it in a fridge for 2 hours or overnight

For sauce/ syrup

Condensed milk                               200 grams or ½ cup

Evaporated milk                              ½ cup

Milk                                                    1 cup

Vanilla essence                                ½ teaspoon

Mix well until well combined.

Now prick the cake with fork and pour the prepared sauce and let it rest in fridge for ½ hour

Mean while prepare the topping

Whipping cream                             500 ml

Whip the cream until firm peaks

Now topped the cake with the whipped cream

Chilled for few hours and serve

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