Tres leches cake: the recipe with a guarantee of success for experts and beginners

One of the favorite cakes The Gastronaut It’s the three milks, that’s why on this occasion he teaches you how to prepare the recipe the sweetest dessert for the whole family.

Follow the steps:

Ingredients:

• 5 eggs
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1.5 cup of flour without preparing
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 can of condensed milk
• 1 can of heavy cream
• 1 can of evaporated milk

For the Italian meringue:

• 4 clear
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 1/2 cup of water

Oven: 180° C for 30 minutes

Mold: rectangular 35x23cm

preparation:

for the cake

Beat the eggs until foamy. Add all the sugar and continue beating until the mixture doubles in volume, thickens and turns pale in color. Add the vanilla essence and mix. Finally add the previously mixed dry ingredients. Pour the mixture into a previously buttered and floured mold. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from the oven and with the help of a fork prick the cake. Once warm, pour in the tres leches mixture and leave to rest in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours before covering with meringue, blow-torch and serve.

For the milk mixture

In a bowl, integrate the three types of milk and reserve to pour over the previously punctured hot cake. The mixture must be at room temperature to prevent the Pyrex with hot cake from bursting.

For the meringue

Make a syrup with water and sugar. Bring it to 117 ° C or until when tested with a spoon it falls into a thin thread. Pour in the form of a thread over the whipped egg whites and continue beating until the meringue turns a shiny color and the bowl cools.