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Tres leches cake with rum and toasted coconut
Published: August 19, 2016 at 2:00 PM
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Serves 15
Easy
Total time: 1 hr
+ chilling
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Try our tres leches cake recipe, translated from the Spanish as ‘three milks cake’, a popular dessert in central and South America
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Bake this moreish tres leches cake, then also check out our easy coconut cake, white snowball cake and coconut and courgette cake.
Tres leches cake, translated from the Spanish as ‘three milks cake’, is a speciality of central and south America. Sponge is soaked in a mix of cream, condensed milk and evaporated milk. Although it may sound unusual, the soaked-sponge method is similar to a British trifle or Italian tiramisu. This cake keeps well, chilled in the fridge, for 2-3 days.
Ingredients
Nutrition
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5 eggs
separated
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200g caster sugar
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100ml evaporated milk
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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200g plain flour
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2 tsp baking powder
MILKS
- 300ml evaporated milk
- 397g tin condensed milk
- 150ml whipping cream
- 4 tbsp (optional) golden rum
TOPPING
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300ml whipping cream
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3 tbsp icing sugar
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2 tbsp (optional) dark rum
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100g coconut flakes
toasted until golden
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal422
- fat22.5g
- saturates14.5g
- carbs45.2g
- sugars34.8g
- fibre1.8g
- protein8.6g
- salt0.4g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Butter and line a 22-23cm square cake tin. Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks in a large bowl with electric beaters. Add the sugar a third at a time, whisking really well in between. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, again whisking well in between. Pour in the evaporated milk, add the vanilla and whisk until combined.
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step 2
Sift the flour and baking powder onto the egg mixture and fold through gently with a large metal spoon, trying not to knock too much air out of the mixture. Pour into the cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean.
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step 3
Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then invert the tin onto a large, lipped plate. Peel away the baking paper. Leave the cake bottom-side up, as this creates a nice flat surface to pour over the soaking liquid. Use a skewer to pierce the cake all over, making holes all the way down through the cake to the plate.
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step 4
In a large jug, mix together the evaporated and condensed milks and the whipping cream, adding the rum if you’re using it. Slowly pour over the warm cake, allowing it to soak in before continuing. Some of the liquid will puddle onto the plate. This is fine as it will soak in over time, but try to go slowly to get most of it to absorb through the sponge. Cool completely, then transfer to the fridge for a minimum of 8 hours, or overnight.
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step 5
To make the topping, softly whip the cream in a large bowl with the icing sugar and rum, if using. Spread all over the top and sides of the cake and sprinkle over the toasted coconut flakes.
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