This Tres Leches cake is so delicious I have made it three times in the last month. There is no better Tres Leches Cake recipe on the web. Pioneer Woman has nailed this recipe and you need to give it a try! We have a darling friend Liliana from El Salvador who has introduced us to some of the best Tres Leches you’ll ever have. We have searched high and low for a recipe that is as good as her’s and I think we found it.
We’ve served this cake at a birthday party, bridal shower and women’s lunch this month and each time it was a huge hit! If you need a simple dessert idea for one of your family gatherings this weekend, this cake will be a crowd pleaser for sure! Hope you enjoy 😉
Ingredients
- Cake Batter:
- 5 whole eggs divided
- ¾ cup sugar to mix with egg yolks
- ¼ cup sugar to mix with egg whites
- 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 cup flour
- 1 ½ tsp. Baking powder
- ¼ tsp. Salt
- Milk Topping:
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- Icing:
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 3 Tbs. sugar
- Marashino cherries or fresh fruit of choice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Separate eggs. In a separate bowl beat the egg yolks with 3/4 cup of the sugar on high speed until yolks are pale and yellow. Stir in milk and vanilla. Pour egg yolk mixture over the flour mixture and stir very gently until combined.
- Beat egg whites on high speed until soft peaks form. With the mixer on, pour in remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until egg whites are stiff but not dry.
- Fold egg white mixture into the batter very gently until just combined. Pour into prepared pan and spread to even out the surface.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Turn cake out onto a rimmed platter and allow to cool.
- Combine condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream in a small pitcher. When cake is cool, pierce the surface with a fork several times. Slowly drizzle all but about 1 cup of the milk mixture—try to get as much around the edges of the cake as you can.
- Allow the cake to absorb the milk mixture for 30 minutes. To ice the cake, whip 1 pint heavy cream with 3 tablespoons of sugar until thick and spreadable.
- Spread over the surface of the cake. Decorate cake with whole or chopped maraschino cherries. Cut into squares and serve.
- Recipe from The Pioneer Woman
