Tres Leches Cake (Cake of Three Milks Nicaragua)
Tres Leches Cake (Cake of Three Milks Nicaragua) is a cakes recipe made with Egg Yolks, Granulated Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Flour, and Milk Mixed With Baking Powder. Keep it handy for the next time you cook it.
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Ingredients
- 9
- 2 cup
- 1 tsp
- 2 cup
- 1/2 cup
- 9
Method (preview)
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Butter a 13 x 9-inch glass baking pan. Set oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Beat yolks and sugar until thick and pale, about 1 minute.
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Add vanilla extract.
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Add flour alternately with milk mixture.
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Beat egg whites to stiff peaks.
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Fold about one-third of the whites into the batter to lighten it, then fold in all the egg whites until completely blended.
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Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
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Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
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Cool on a rack in the pan.
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When cool, invert onto a large serving platter with a rim.
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Three-Milk Filling 3 egg yolks
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Beat yolks well.
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Bring 1 cup of the cream to a boil.
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While beating, slowly pour cream into the yolks and continue beating until foamy and cooled.
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Add remaining cream and evaporated and condensed milks and beat thoroughly.
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Mixture will not peak.
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Add vanilla extract and rum.
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Swirl Frosting 1/2 cup water
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Bring water, corn syrup and sugar to a boil over medium-high heat.
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Cook until it's a clear syrup that can spin a thread (230 degrees
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Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff.
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Still beating, add hot sugar syrup in a slow stream; continue beating about 5 minutes or until glossy, fluffy and stiffly peaked and somewhat cooled.
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When cake has cooled, punch holes in it with the end of a wooden spoon.
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Slowly pour the filling over the cake so it can absorb all the filling.
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Swirl frosting on sides and top of cake in big strokes.
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Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight.
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