Tres Leches Cake

It has been months since I have updated my Blog.  So much has changed with Blogger that I'm not even sure what I'm doing anymore!  I wanted to post a new receipe that is just amazing!  My sons LOVE this cake and so do I.  If you have ever tried it in a Mexican restaurant...you'll know why.  This is the best recipe EVER for Tres Leches!  Go ahead and put on those stretchy waist pants.....

Three Milk Cake (Pastel de Tres Leches)
Adapted from an old recipe in the Houston Chronicle.           Martha Helton

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour                                           ½ cup whole milk                            

2 teaspoons baking powder                                        Three-Milk Topping (recipe follows)

4 eggs – separated                                                        Whipped Cream Topping (recipe follows)

1 ½ cups sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a 13 X9X2 inch baking pan.  Sift flour with baking powder.  In large bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites until fluffy.  Add sugar gradually, beating to form stiff peaks.  Add yolks, one at a time.  Fold in flour mixture and milk; mix well, but don’t beat.

Pour batter in to prepared pan and bake until edges are golden brown, about 30 – 35 minutes.  Remove from oven; let cool on rack.  Prepare Three-Milk Topping.  Pour Topping over cake and let sit until all mixture is absorbed, 20 to 30 minutes.

Prepare Whipped Cream Topping and refrigerate.  Before serving, cover top and sides of cake with Whipped Cream Topping.  Cut cake into squares and serve, or spread Whipped Cream Topping over squares of cake…Garnish with fresh berries.

Three- Milk Topping

1 12 oz. can evaporated milk                                      1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup sweetened condensed milk                              1 tablespoon light rum

1 cup whipping cream

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk until well mixed.   Keep in refrigerator until cake is baked and then pour over top of cooled cake.

Whipped Cream Topping

2 cups whipping cream

1 tablespoon sugar

1 teaspoon almond extract

Chill cream, bowl and beaters thoroughly.  Beat cream until it begins to thicken.  Gradually add sugar and extract and beat until stiff peaks form.