Nicaragua Tres Leches Sponge Cake (Three Milk Cake)

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Ingredients

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cup white sugar
9 egg yolks
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk
9 egg whites
1 tsp. cream of tartar

Three Milks

2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 can (5 oz.) can evaporated milk
1 can (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk

Frosting

2 cups heavy whipping cream whipped
1/2 to 1 cup sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla.

Sift together the flour and baking powder. Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk; beat well after each addition.

In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until whites form stiff peaks. Gently fold the egg whites into the cake batter using a rubber spatula. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

FOR THE THREE MILK: In a small bowl, stir together the 2 cups heavy cream, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk.

Pour the mixture over the cake until it won't absorb any more. You may have 1/3 to 1/4 left over. That's okay.

FOR THE FROSTING: Beat the whipping cream until frothy an add 1/2 cup or more sugar to taste until thick. Spread over soaked cake.

Refrigerate cake until serving, Pour leftover milk mixture onto plates and swirl in jam if desired, before setting cake on the plates.

Author's Comments

" A light sponge cake soaked with a mixture of three kinds of milk. This is the BEST Tres Leches recipe. It is a very good cake recipe and the cake should be very moist. "

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