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Recipe for Tres Leches Cake (Mexican cake with three milks)

Yields8 ServingsPrep Time30 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time1 hr

A delightful adventure straight from Latin America. This recipe is provided as part of the campaign "Europe has good things." Photo credit: Julie Mechali & Annelyse Chardon.

The cake
 85 whole milk
 5 eggs
 150 Sugar
 1 vanilla extract
 225 Flour
 15 Yeast
 1 pinch Salt
The syrup
 250 whole milk
 200 unsweetened condensed milk
 250 Sweetened condensed milk
The icing
 130 white chocolate
 325 Firm yogurt
Directions
1

Preheat the oven to 175° C.

2

Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Whisk the yolks with 100 g of sugar until you have a pale and thick mixture. Add 85 ml of milk and vanilla, then fold in the flour, baking powder, and salt.

3

Beat the egg whites until frothy, then gradually add 50 g of sugar and whisk until you achieve a thick and glossy mixture. Gently fold the egg whites into the batter, then pour into a greased mold.

4

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Check for doneness using the tip of a knife, which should come out dry. Let the cake cool for 5 minutes before unmolding it onto a serving dish. Poke it all over with a fork.

5

Mix whole milk with condensed milk and sweetened condensed milk, and pour this mixture over the cake. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, ideally overnight, to allow the cake to absorb all the liquid.

6

To finish, when the cake has absorbed all the syrup, melt the white chocolate and mix it with the yogurt. Spread this icing over the cake.

Nutrition Facts

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Serving size

8

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