Tres Leche Cake

I need to stop making food that I have no idea how they’re supposed to taste. It’s a real crapshoot since I would never know if the taste is right.

I made tres leche cake last night and it’s sitting in a three milk bath in my fridge. I didn’t have enough whipping cream to top it off so I’ll need to buy that. I hope it’s not too soggy by the time I finish work.

Tips:

  • Use a whisk when mixing the dry and wet batter in order to break any clumps
  • You really can make egg white peaks too stiff, so don’t do that
  • Really mix in the egg white peaks and the batter to make it a liquidly consistency. You don’t want there to be pockets of egg white.
  • You can probably make less of the milk mixture poured on top
  • 25 mins at 350 degrees was plenty in the oven. Check to see if it is done by 20 mins.
  • 8/13/18
  • The consistency was good. We could have cut down on the sugar added, since there is a lot of sugar in the sweetened condensed milk already. I would probably cut it down to 1 cup of sugar. Zach LOVED this cake. I thought it paired really well with the strawberries and mint. I agree with my dad that it could have used more spices.
  • 8/15/18
  • This cake actually got less sweet and tasted a lot better on the second day! I think it’s because the sweetened condensed milk was so heavy that it drained out of the cake. It was a perfect sweet. Maybe I shouldn’t cut down on the sweet next time.
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