Tres Leches — SWEET MELI BAKERY

Dec 27

Dec 27 Tres Leches

PREP TIME: 15 MIN
COOK TIME: 30 MIN
TOTAL TIME: 45 MIN

Ingredients

Sponge Cake

1 Cup All Purpose Flour
3/4 Cup Cake Flour 
1 1/2 Cup Caster Sugar(I blend mine on a blender)
2 Tsp Baking Powder
1/2 Tsp Salt
1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter
1 Cup Milk
2 Eggs
2 Egg Whites
1 Tbsp Vanilla 

Tres Leches Milk Blend (13x9 cake pan)
Cans of 14oz Condensed Milk
Cups of Milk
Cups of Evaporated Milk
Tsp of Vanilla


Whipped Cream
Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
Tbsp Sugar
Tsp Vanilla
Pinch of Cinnamon for Garnish

Instructions

Sponge Cake

Preheat Oven to 350F and spray a 13x9 Pan with Non stick spray.
Bring water to a boil. I use a 2 Qt Sauce Pan. You’re going to want to fill it about 3/4 of the way you want to make sure you don’t have water going over when you insert your mixing bowl.
Add your eggs to your mixing bowl and using the pan as a double boiler for your mixing bowl whisk until combined. Quickly add your sugar. This step is crucial you don’t want your eggs to begin to cook because the bowl will get hot very quickly.
Whisk your eggs and Sugar until Combined well. Continue to stir your Eggs to avoid them cooking. When the sugar is melted you’re ready for the next step.
Remove egg and sugar mixture and beat on a stand mixer with the whisk attachment on High Speed for 6 minutes. While your eggs are mixing you’re going to want to melt the butter and milk together either on a pan or microwave.
The mixture will become thicker and lighter in color. This is called the Ribbon Stage although this is a more runny ribbon stage since were using egg whites.
On a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and incorporate to your ribbon stage eggs and sugar in two additions whisking together but do not over mix.
Add Vanilla to your butter and milk and on the bowl where initially you had your flour you’re going to move half of your batter from the bowl.
Add your milk and butter mixture to the separated bowl with the batter and whisk until combined. Then you will add that mixture to the other portion of the batter that was left on your mixing bowl. Whisk until combined but do not over mix we want a soft moist cake.
Bake for 25-30 mins or until a toothpick comes out clean it will be a beautiful light color.
Allow cake to cool and begin to work on your milk blend mixture.

Whipped Cream

Pour Whipping cream, sugar and vanilla on a mixing bowl with a whisk attachment or a hand mixer and whisk until you have firm peaks but still a soft whipped cream.

Put It all together

After your cake has been completely cooled, you want to poke some holes on it. You can do this a few ways, but easiest way to do is with a fork. Pour your Tres leches mixture in two to three additions or until it has soaked all the milk. You want to allow all the milk to soak in, this could take 20-30 minutes.
You will want to grab that delicious whipped cream you did earlier and frost the cake and garnish with some fresh fruit. You can go very minimalistic with the fruit or go all out. We are in a no judgment zone!