Tres Leches (Three Milks Cake), Latin America

Emeril Lagasse

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2002

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Latin Flavors

Rated 5 stars out of 5
  • Rate This Recipe
  • Read 97 Reviews
Total Time:
2 hr 4 min
Prep
1 hr 0 min
Inactive
4 min
Cook
1 hr 0 min
Yield:
1 cake, about 10 servings
Level:
Difficult
x

Save To My Recipe Box

Please limit to 20 characters

Saving Recipe

Adding Recipe

Or Do Not Add

Success

This recipe was saved to your Folder_Name folder.

x

Save To My Recipe Box

Please sign in to save this recipe to your Recipe Box!!

25 Characters Max

Enter Time:

:
:

You can create up to five timers

Ingredients

Cake:

Cream topping:

Icing:

  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large egg whites
  • 1 ripe mango, peeled, seed removed, and thinly sliced
  • 1 ripe papaya, peeled, seeds removed, and thinly sliced

Directions

To make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and set aside.

In the bowl of a mixer, beat the egg whites on low speed until soft peaks form. Add the sugar gradually with the mixer running and peak to stiff peaks. Add the egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after the addition of each.

Sift together the flour and baking powder and add to the egg mixture, alternating with the milk. (Do this quickly so the batter does not lose volume.) Add the vanilla. Bake until golden, 25 minutes.

To make the cream topping: In a blender, combine the evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream and blend on high speed.

Remove the cake from the oven and while still warm, pour the cream mixture over it. Let sit and cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight.

To make the icing: Once the cake is completely chilled, in a saucepan combine the water and sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Cook until the mixture reaches the soft ball stage, 235 to 240 degrees F. Remove from the heat. In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites to soft peaks. While beating, add the hot syrup in a stream. Beat until all the syrup has been added, the mixture cools, and a glossy icing forms.

To assemble: Remove the cake from the refrigerator and spread the icing evenly across the top. Arrange the mango and papaya slices over the top and serve.

Print Recipe

COMMENT ON THIS PROJECT

    

Sign in

All fields are required.

E-mail Address:

Password:

Remember me on this computer

Signing in

Please enter your email address and we will send your password

E-mail Address

Your password has been sent and should arrive in your mailbox very soon.

Not a member?

Sign up for My Food Network to share photos, show off your style, and connect to an enthusiastic and helpful community.

It's free and easy.

Review This Recipe

You must be signed in to review this recipe.

Newest Ratings and Reviews

Read all 97 reviews

  • on December 23, 2011

    Flag

    This is an amazing recipe. I brought it to a tango party and people devoured it! Lovely, lovely, recipe that is fool proof. Happy in Chicago!

    people found this review Helpful.
    Was this review helpful to you? Yes | No
  • on December 19, 2011

    Flag

    I followed this recipe to the letter, EXCEPT, I accidentally left out one egg white.

    Additionally, while the recipe did not say to do this, I should have known to poke holes in the top of the cake to make the liquid absorb more evenly. I did not poke holes in my cake and for a few hours the cake just floated in the three milks and it's now soggy on the bottom and dry on the top. So I do recommend poking holes in the top of the cake, even though the recipe does not say to do this.

    The taste is pretty good, but I cannot comment on the texture since mine is a combination of dry and soggy. I knocked off one star for not saying to poke holes in the cake, but I didn't give just three stars because it was my own fault that I left out one of the egg whites.

    people found this review Helpful.
    Was this review helpful to you? Yes | No
  • on October 26, 2011

    Flag

    I love love love this cake. Even without the milk the taste is great!! I have been looking for a tres leches recipe for a long time. Thanks Emeril you did it again!!

    people found this review Helpful.
    Was this review helpful to you? Yes | No

Next Recipe

Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake

By: Emeril Lagasse
Rated 5 stars out of 5
Advertisement

Free Recipe of the Day Newsletter

Let Food Network chefs plan what's for dinner, with quick and easy recipes delivered to your inbox daily.

Ads by Google