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Tres Leches Cake

Yield
12 servings
Prep
0:30:00
Cook Time
0:26:00
Category
Desserts
Cuisine
Mexican
1. Preheat oven to 350 °F and grease a 9×13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
1⁄2 cup All-Purpose Flour
1⁄2 tsp Baking Powder
1⁄2 tsp Kosher Salt
3. In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks and sugar until stiff ribbons form. Beat in vanilla.
5 each Eggs
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
4. In another bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
1⁄4 cup Granulated Sugar
5. Combine yolk mixture with dry ingredients. Add milk and melted butter, and beat until combined.
1⁄2 cup Milk
1⁄2 cup Unsalted Butter
6. Gently fold in egg whites.
7. Pour batter into pan. Bake for 26 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.
8. Whisk sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, milk, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
14 oz Sweetened Condensed Milk
12 oz Evaporated Milk
1⁄2 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
9. Poke holes all over the cake with a fork. Pour milk mixture evenly over the cake. Refrigerate until absorbed, at least 1 hour, but preferably overnight.
10. Frost cake with whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar. Serve with strawberries.
2 cup Heavy Cream
1⁄2 cup Granulated Sugar
1⁄4 cup Cinnamon Sugar