Tarta Tres Leches

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Level: Intermediate
Total: 2 hr 35 min
Prep: 1 hr 25 min
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
Yield: 1 pie

Ingredients

  1. 1/2 cup butter
  2. 1 1/2 cups sugar (1 1/4 cups for high altitude)
  3. 2 eggs
  4. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  5. 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour, plus 2 tablespoons
  6. 3 teaspoons baking powder (1 1/2 cups for high altitude)
  7. 1 teaspoon salt (1/2 teaspoon for high altitude)
  8. 2/3 cup milk
  9. 2 cups homemade Shortbread, recipe follows
  10. 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
  11. 4 tablespoons salted butter
  12. Lightly beaten egg whites
  13. 1 cup whole milk, plus 1/4 cup whole milk
  14. 1/4 cup half-and-half
  15. 2/3 cups sugar
  16. 2 cinnamon sticks
  17. 6 eggs
  18. 1/4 cup cornstarch
  19. 2 tablespoons butter, cubed small
  20. 1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  21. 1 cup corn syrup
  22. 1/8 teaspoon salt
  23. 1/4 cup sugar
  24. 2 egg whites
  25. 1 cup salted butter, softened
  26. 1/4 cup sugar
  27. 1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted
  28. 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  29. 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  30. 1/4 cup rice flour
  31. 1/4 cup cornstarch
  32. 1/4 cup evaporated milk
  33. 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
  34. 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  35. 1 tablespoon rum (recommended: Bacardi)
  36. Maraschino cherries
  37. Mint leaves
  38. Cinnamon sticks
  39. 1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar
  40. Cajeta

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.;
  2. Grandma’s Gold Cake Preparation:
  3. Beat butter, add sugar, add eggs, vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture and alternate with milk. Grease and flour cake pan. Line with parchment paper. Pour batter into the pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.;
  4. Crust Preparation:
  5. Process the shortbread in a food processor, pulsing until ground. Add sugar, pulse more, add butter and pulse until it looks like wet sand and holds somewhat together. Press into a glass pie pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Set on stove to cool. Brush lightly with beaten egg whites.;
  6. Creme Preparation:
  7. In a double boiler, place 1 cup of whole milk, 1/4 cup of half-and-half, 2/3 cups sugar and cinnamon sticks. Let heat until boiling and turn down to medium-high heat. Separate 6 eggs saving the whites in a separate bowl. Whisk the yolks, cornstarch and the 1/4 cup additional whole milk until well blended. Using a ladle, scoop out some of the hot milk mixture and temper the eggs whisking it carefully and adding it to the hot milk mixture. Take care to continuously stir with a whisk or it will lump up. When thickened pull off of heat source and add vanilla and butter. Cover and put in freezer to cool for 10 minutes. (I use a cake pan liner);
  8. Meringue Preparation:
  9. In a saucepan, boil the corn syrup, salt and sugar. Meanwhile, whisk egg whites in a stand mixer until firm peaks form. Take melted sugars off the stove and in a steady stream, add to the whisking egg whites. Keep whisking until glossy. Cover with a towel.;
  10. Shortbread Preparation:
  11. Cream butter, add sugars, blend and add vanilla. Add flours and cornstarch carefully by hand. Set aside and chill. Roll out between 2pieces of parchment, set in a cake pan to bake, mark designs with a fork. Bake in a preheated 325 degree F oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a rack.;
  12. Three Milks:
  13. Combine the evaporated milk, condensed milk, heavy cream and rum.;
  14. Assembly:
  15. Spread creme on the pie crust. Add layer of vanilla cake. Poke holes with a fork and brush or spray cake layer with Three Milks mixture saving any that will not absorb into the cake layer. Spread meringue over the top, being sure to seal down to the edge of the crust. Garnish with maraschino cherries, 5 mint leaves and cake crumbs. Plate pie with a cinnamon stick rolled in cinnamon on the side and porcelain bull filled with more milk. Drizzle with Cajeta.;

 

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