This Latin American dessert features a baked sponge cake that is commonly soaked in three types of milks (read: evaporated, sweetened condensed and whole milk or heavy cream). Who can resist? Here, we’re topping each slice with homemade whipped cream, cinnamon and fresh mangoes for a sweet fruity finish.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 5 min |
| Prep: | 35 min |
| Cook: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 8-10 servings |
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil, for greasing
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups whole milk
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 12-ounce can evaporated milk
- 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon dark rum
- 2 large ripe mangoes
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Ground cinnamon, for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan with vegetable oil and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Make the cake: Beat the eggs and sugar in a large bowl with a mixer until pale and slightly thick, about 6 minutes. Slowly beat in the melted butter, then beat in the vanilla and 1/4 cup whole milk.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Sift the flour mixture over the egg mixture, then gently fold together with a rubber spatula to make a thick batter. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Run a knife along the edges to release the cake from the pan.
- Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 2 cups whole milk, the evaporated milk, condensed milk and rum in a bowl. Pierce the warm cake all over with a fork, then pour the milk mixture gradually and evenly on top, letting the cake absorb the liquid until all is used. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Before serving, make the topping: Peel, pit and dice the mangoes. Puree half the mangoes in a blender with 2 tablespoons sugar. Transfer to a bowl and fold in the remaining diced mango.In a separate bowl, beat the heavy cream and the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar with a mixer until soft peaks form. Slice the cake; top each piece with the whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon. Serve the mango topping on the side.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 686 |
| Total Fat | 35 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Carbohydrates | 82 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 64 g |
| Protein | 13 g |
| Cholesterol | 163 mg |
| Sodium | 243 mg |
Reviews
Reduce milk to half a cup and it will be perfect!
I thought it came out about perfectly – I did cut the 2 cups of milk back to 1 1/2, and there was wasn’t any weeping. I’m guessing there are several places to take a wrong turn – not beating the eggs longs enough, not folding the cake flour in gradually/carefully enough, and not sufficiently pricking the cake (enough pricks edge to edge and all the way through) or pouring the milks either not soon enough (the heat right out of the oven is necessary), or too quickly (it takes a long time; you need to drizzle it over the cake to get it evenly distributed and let all those little wholes take on the fluid).
Came out yummy. I simply poured off excess liquid after overnight soak. Amount of liquid is determined by standard can size for evaporated milk. Cinammon and mango are nice touches
I love tres leches cake and this is the best recipe. It gets rave reviews everytime. The cake comes out perfect (even at high altitude) and yes it does have a lot of liquid all tres leches cakes do. If you don’t want it to seep liquid only pour a cup or so of the milk mixture over the warm cake. I have been making this recipe for years and it’s still one of my go to recipes.
Tried to make this for my husband’s birthday. Recipe was easy to follow. However, cake was a complete big, mess! The amount of liquid you pour over the warm cake is way too much! Threw out the entire cake. BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!
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