Growing Chefs! Ontario Tres Leches Cake
Tres Leches Cake
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Icing
Ingredients
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Get Organized!
Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.
Get Prepped!
In a bowl, measure out the dry ingredients. The flour, baking powder, and salt.
Crack the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks.
Measure ¾ cup of sugar and add egg yolks and sugar to the bowl of the stand mixer with the paddle attatchment. Beat for 3 – 4 minutes until egg yolks and sugar are pale and fluffy.
Add the vanilla and milk to the egg yolk mixture, and gently into the flour mixture. fold
Clean the bowl of the mixer well, and add the egg whites. Add the whisk attachment, and begin to mix the egg whites. When soft peaks start to form, begin to sprinkle the additional ¼ cup of sugar into the egg whites. Continue to mix until the mixture has formed hard peaks.
Fold the egg whites into the cake mixture, making sure it is completely incorporated.
Get Cooking!
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line the baking pan with parchment paper and spray with nonstick baking spray. Pour the batter into the pan, and make for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
In a small bowl combine the condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. When the cake is cool, pierce the surface with a for allover. Slowly pour the milk mixture allover the cake, making sure it is absorbed before adding more. Let sit at least 30 minutes.
To make the icing, place the 35% cream in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, and whisk on high speed for 3 – 4 minutes until form. Slowly sprinkle in the icing sugar and add the vanilla. stiff peaks
Spread the whipped cream over the whole cake and serve.
Growing Chefs! Ontario Recipe
Tres Leches Cake
Cake
Ingredients
Icing
Ingredients
Equipment
Get Organized!
Gather your mise en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.
Get Prepped!
In a bowl, measure out the dry ingredients. The flour, baking powder, and salt.
Crack the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks.
Measure ¾ cup of sugar and add egg yolks and sugar to the bowl of the stand mixer with the paddle attatchment. Beat for 3 – 4 minutes until egg yolks and sugar are pale and fluffy.
Add the vanilla and milk to the egg yolk mixture, and gently into the flour mixture. fold
Clean the bowl of the mixer well, and add the egg whites. Add the whisk attachment, and begin to mix the egg whites. When soft peaks start to form, begin to sprinkle the additional ¼ cup of sugar into the egg whites. Continue to mix until the mixture has formed hard peaks.
Fold the egg whites into the cake mixture, making sure it is completely incorporated.
Get Cooking!
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line the baking pan with parchment paper and spray with nonstick baking spray. Pour the batter into the pan, and make for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
In a small bowl combine the condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream. When the cake is cool, pierce the surface with a for allover. Slowly pour the milk mixture allover the cake, making sure it is absorbed before adding more. Let sit at least 30 minutes.
To make the icing, place the 35% cream in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, and whisk on high speed for 3 – 4 minutes until form. Slowly sprinkle in the icing sugar and add the vanilla. stiff peaks
Spread the whipped cream over the whole cake and serve.