Tres leches cake

  • Vegetarian

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for a snack

Airy sponge soaked in a mixture of condensed, evaporated and whole milk with vanilla, spread with whipped cream and dusted with cinnamon; 20 × 30 cm tin, 12 pieces.

12 servingsFinal yield 2,021 g

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Ingredients

  • 250 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
  • 200 gSugars, granulated
  • 150 gWheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
  • 6 gLeavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
  • 60 gMilk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D
  • 5 gVanilla extract, imitation, no alcohol
  • 1 gSalt, table
  • 5 gButter, without salt editorial addition
  • 5 gWheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched editorial addition
  • 390 gMilk, canned, condensed, sweetened
  • 380 gMilk, canned, evaporated, with added vitamin D and without added vitamin A
  • 240 gMilk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D
  • 5 gVanilla extract, imitation, no alcohol
  • 360 gCream, fluid, heavy whipping
  • 30 gSugars, powdered
  • 1 gSpices, cinnamon, ground

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 175 °C. Grease a 20 × 30 cm tin with 5 g butter and dust with 5 g flour.
  2. Whisk the egg whites with 1 g salt until foamy, gradually add 150 g sugar and whisk to stiff glossy peaks. Beat the yolks with the remaining 50 g sugar, 60 g milk and the vanilla flavouring.
  3. Fold the yolk mixture into the whites and finally fold in the flour sifted with the baking powder. Spread the batter in the tin.
  4. Bake for 30 minutes at 175 °C until a skewer comes out dry.
  5. Let the sponge cool in the tin for 20 minutes and prick it all over with a fork.
  6. Mix the condensed, evaporated and 240 g whole milk with the vanilla flavouring and gradually pour the mixture (about 1015 g) over the sponge.
  7. Cover and leave the sponge to soak in the fridge for at least 4 hours.
  8. Whip the cream with 30 g icing sugar until stiff, spread over the cake, dust with cinnamon and cut into 12 pieces.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
5,027.6 kcal
Protein
123.9 g
Fat
231.7 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
628.8 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
4.7 g
Saturated fatty acids
137.9 g
Sodium
2,509.5 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
6.3 g

Per serving

Energy from macronutrients
Protein: 10.3 g, 10%Fat: 19.3 g, 41%Total carbohydrate (by difference): 52.4 g, 49%419 kcalper serving
  • Protein10.3 g10%
  • Fat19.3 g41%
  • Total carbohydrate (by difference)52.4 g49%

Share of energy from protein, fat and carbohydrate (4 / 9 / 4 kcal per g), not share by weight.

Energy
419 kcal
Protein
10.3 g
Fat
19.3 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
52.4 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.39 g
Saturated fatty acids
11.5 g
Sodium
209.1 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.52 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
248.8 kcal
Protein
6.1 g
Fat
11.5 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
31.1 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.23 g
Saturated fatty acids
6.8 g
Sodium
124.2 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.31 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • Some ingredient quantities use documented estimates or household-measure assumptions.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Gluten, Egg, Milk

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal