How to Make Tres Leches Cake (Step by Step Method)| Three Milk Cake Recipe| Pastel de Tres Leches

cake flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds more nutrients, while all-purpose flour is more budget-friendly.

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: whipped topping

Coconut cream is lower in calories, while whipped topping is often cheaper.

Separate 3 eggs into yolks and whites.

Whip the egg yolks with 75 g of sugar and 5 ml of vanilla extract until pale yellow.

Add 40 ml of milk to the egg yolk mixture and mix until smooth.

Sift 65 g of all-purpose flour into the egg yolk mixture and fold it in with a rubber spatula.

Whip the egg whites until soft peaks form, then add 25 g of sugar and whip until stiff peaks form.

Fold the whipped egg whites (meringue) into the egg yolk mixture carefully to maintain air bubbles.

Prepare a baking dish with parchment paper and transfer the batter into it.

Bake the cake at 170°C for 25 to 30 minutes, checking with a skewer for doneness.

Once baked, let the cake cool completely before removing the parchment paper.

Mix together 170 ml of evaporated milk, 125 ml of sweetened condensed milk, 40 ml of full fat fresh milk, and 5 ml of vanilla extract until well combined.

Place the cooled cake back in the baking dish and poke holes in it with a fork.

Pour the milk mixture over the cake and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to soak.

To make the vanilla chantilly cream, whip together 2 cups of heavy cream, 25 g of icing sugar, and 2 ml of vanilla extract until soft peaks form.

Spread the whipped cream over the soaked cake and garnish with fresh strawberries.

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