Description:
A tres leches cake (three milks cake) (Spanish: pastel de tres leches, torta de tres leches or bizcocho de tres leches) is a sponge cake, in some recipes, a butter cake, soaked in three kinds of milk – evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream. It is assumed to have originated in Mexico. First time I tasted this dessert in one of the Tex-Mex restaurants in Texas, USA. I absolutely fell in love with that taste and now I experimented that taste with pistachios. Hope you like it!
Ingredients:
For sponge cake
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ยฝ cup curd (yogurt)
- ยฝ milk
- ยฝ cup condensed milk (milkmaid)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ยฝ tsp baking soda
- ยผ tsp salt
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter (If you don’t have unsalted butter, don’t add salt)
- ยฝ tsp pistachio essence
- 2 tbsp crushed pistachios
- ยผ tsp green food color
- P.S. (milk, butter, curd should be at room temperature)
For milk
- 1 ยฝ cup milk
- ยฝ cup condensed milk
- ยผ tsp pistachio essence (you can take vanilla also)
- 4 tbsp milk powder
- 1-2 drops green food color
- 1 tbsp coarse chopped pistachios (for garnishing)
- 1/2 tsp dried rose petals (garnishing)
Procedure:
For cake
Take curd, condensed milk and butter in a large bowl. Beat it until it becomes smooth.
Sieve All purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in curd mixture. Give it a mix by divide and fold method. Then add milk in batches while continuously beating/ hand mixing. There should not be any lumps in batter and should be of ribbon consistency.
Pour the batter in greased tin. Preheat the oven/ otg at 180ยฐC or 350ยฐF for 5 mins. Bake it for 25-30 mins.
Once done, keep it aside and let it cool down covered with a kitchen towel or cotton napkin.
For soaking milk
Take a pan over medium heat, add milk and let it boil nicely (you can use a microwave also for boiling milk).
Once boiled, add milk powder and mix it well while stirring continuously. Then add green food color, condensed milk and essence, mix it well again and turn off the flame. (Adjust flame consistency accordingly)
Strain the milk with strainer, cover it with cling wrap and refrigerate it for 2-3 hours for chilling.
For Assembling
Demould the cake once it cools down. Cut down the upper thin layer so that milk will easily get absorbed.
Place the cake in mould again, pour the prepared milk above the cake and let it soak-in for a few mins. Then apply whipping cream on top of cake and garnish it with crushed pistachios and dried rose petals. Refrigerate it for best taste.
Cut the pieces, put it on the serving plate and add more milk syrup on the plate.
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