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Cuban Three Milks Cake Recipe

	Midgelet / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago The cake is like one big giant sponge soaking up the delicious milk syrup. You can actually eat this one with a spoon! It's supposed to be that way! Worth all the effort to. Prep:20m Cook:25m Servings:12	Midgelet
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Ingredients

Cake Batter:

2 cups cake flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 large eggs, separated

2 cups granulated sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2 cup whole milk

Milk Syrup:

1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

1 1/4 cups heavy cream

1 (14-ounce) can evaporated milk

2 tablespoons light rum

Frosting:

4 egg whites

1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/2 cup Water

1 cup Light corn syrup

1 1/2 cups sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Cake:

Grease and lightly flour a 9 x 13 baking dish.

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.

Separate the egg yolks and whites.

Beat the whites until very foamy and frothy.

Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, cream the sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla extract with an electric mixer.

Continue mixing and slowly add the milk.

Then start adding the flour mixture, a little at a time, until all the flour is incorporated and the batter is smooth.

Finally, use a spatula to gently fold in the beaten egg whites until completely mixed.

Pour batter into a greased and lightly floured 9 x 13 baking dish.

Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.

Allow cake to cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes.

Now it's time to get fancy.

Invert the cake onto a jelly roll pan or a baking tray with a raised edge on it – something to catch the syrup!

Use a fork to repeatedly pierce the top of the cake.

Milk Syrup Whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, heavy cream and rum in a mixing bowl, until well blended.

Pour syrup over the cake a little at a time, until it soaks through.

This is a cake that demands patience!

Pour the milk syrup slowly and let it soak in.

Use your fork to help it along a bit, piercing here and there through the syrup until it soaks in.

Keep doing this until most of the milk syrup is absorbed.

Don’t worry if there is still a pool of syrup around the bottom of the cake, it will gradually soak in.

Cover the now syrup-drenched cake in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least three hours before frosting.

Frosting: Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar in a large bowl until they form stiff peaks.

Set aside. In a separate pan, mix the water, sugar, and

corn syrup.

Cook over a high heat, stirring constantly until a candy thermometer reads 230°F.

Remove from heat. While beating the egg whites

with an electric mixer, immediately pour the hot syrup into the egg

whites; continue beating for about five minutes.

Let frosting cool in refrigerator.

With a wet spatula, spread a thick layer of the frosting on the cake.

To serve, cut individual squares, top with a red maraschino

cherry, and serve cold.

Variations

Banana Variation To make a Banana Tres Leches Cake, add 1/3 cup banana liqueur to the milk syrup, omit rum and reduce the evaporated milk to 3/4 can.

Cuatro Leches

This is the basic tres leches cake with a toping of dulce de leche (a caramel sauce).

If you want to serve this, follow recipe instructions above. Serve the cake in a bowl or round sundae dish.

Add a layer of dulce de leche around the sides of the cake in the bowl.

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Comments

momo_55grandma 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Hve heard of this never saw the recipe till now thanks bunches sounds delicous

gardener61 1 year, 4 months ago said:
I have also heard of this but have never seen it. Will definately try it. Thanks for the post!!

krumkake 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Oh man, this would be like a piece of heaven - just that milk syrup would put me in a state of euphoria! Thanks for sharing your recipe for a delicious cake idea...Krum

turtle66 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Mmmm Tres Leches Cake!! love making it, and enjoy eating it even more...lol

herby 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Oh my gosh, this sounds incredible!

linebb956 1 year, 4 months ago said:
One of my favorite cakes.. Sooooooo good.

renew20later 1 year, 1 month ago said:
I have heard of this cake--and had it! Oh my God. It is to die for. I just love it. I was going to be making a flan for a Cuban Dinner this weekend, I will be making this instead. I wanted this for our wedding cake for our 20th anniversary. It IS that good> Thanks for the recipe. J

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