Name: Tres Leches (Milk Cake)
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 2 cups white sugar; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; 5 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 cups whole milk; ½ cup unsalted butter; 12 ounces evaporated milk; 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk; 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract; 1½ cups heavy whipping cream

Ingredients

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2 cups white sugar
1½ cups all-purpose flour
5 eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups whole milk
½ cup unsalted butter
12 ounces evaporated milk
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1½ cups heavy whipping cream

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease and flour a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
Sift the flour with the baking powder.
Beat 1 cup of white sugar with an electric mixer and then beat in the eggs and ½ teaspoon vanilla.
Now you can beat in the flour mixture, about ½ cup at a time, until well blended in, and pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
Bake for half an hour or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Use a fork to poke holes all over the cake and leave it to cool down to room temperature.
Now mix the 3 different milks together and pour this over the cooled cake, letting it soak in.
Whip the cream with the rest of the sugar and vanilla in a chilled metal or glass bowl until thick, then spread over the cake.
Refrigerate the tres leches cake until serving.

Author: Marie
Cook Time: 1 hour