TRES LECHES CAKE

What You'll Need

Cake

• 1 cup sugar
• 5 eggs, separated
• ⅓ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder

Tres Leches mixture

• 12 ounce can evaporated milk
• 14 ounce sweetened and condensed milk
• ½ cup whole milk

Topping

• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powder sugar
• garnish with cinnamon

How to Make It

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9 inch round cake pan.
2. In a medium bowl combine egg yolks with ¾ cup sugar and beat until light in color and doubled in volume. Add milk, vanilla, flour, and baking powder. Stir until well combined.
3. In a small bowl beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining ¼ cup sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into yolk mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 to 50 minutes or until cake springs back to the touch and the toothpick comes out clean.
5. Using a knife, carefully loosen edges of cake from the pan. Invert cake onto a wire rack. Flip cake again so it cool right side up. Let cake cool for 15 minutes.
6. In a small mixing bowl combine Tres Leches ingredients and whisk together. Using a fork, poke holes all over the top of the cake. Place cake on a rimmed dish and slowly pour tress leches mixture over the top of the cake letting it soak in as you go.
7. Refrigerate for it least 1 hour. In small bowl whip cream until thickened. Fold in powdered sugar. Spread whipping cream over cake and sprinkle with cinnamon.

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