Tres Leches (Milk Cake) recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ cup unsalted butter 1 cup white sugar 5 eggs ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups whole milk 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream 1 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Nutrition Info
- 279.7 caloriescarbohydrate: 34.6 gcholesterol: 81.5 mgfat: 13.7 gfiber: 0.2 gprotein: 5.5 gsaturatedFat: 8.2 gservingSize: -sodium: 86.8 mgsugar: 28.2 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Tres Leches (Milk Cake)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch baking pan.
Sift flour and baking powder together and set aside.
Cream butter or margarine and the 1 cup sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs and the 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, beat well.
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture 2 tablespoons at a time, mix until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Pierce cake several times with a fork.
Combine the whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk together. Pour over the top of the cooled cake.
Whip whipping cream, the remaining 1 cup of the sugar, and the remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla together until thick. Spread over the top of cake. Be sure and keep cake refrigerated, enjoy!