Tres leches cake
| Tres leches cake | |
|---|---|
| Sponge cake (or butter cake) | |
 A decorated slice of "Tres Leche" Cake | |
| Alternative name(s): | |
| Torta de tres leches, pan tres leches | |
| Place of origin: | |
| Mexico and Central America | |
| Creator(s): | |
| Unknown | |
| Main ingredient(s): | |
| Cake base; evaporated milk, condensed milk, heavy cream | |
| Recipes at Wikibooks: | |
 Tres leches cake | |
| Media at Wikimedia Commons: | |
 Tres leches cake |
A tres leches cake, or torta de tres leches (from Spanish, "three milks cake"), or pan tres leches ("three milks bread"), is a sponge cake—in some recipes, a butter cake—soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.
When butter is not used, the Tres Leches is a very light cake, with many air bubbles. This distinct texture is why it does not have a soggy consistency, despite being soaked in a mixture of three types of milk.
Popularity and origins
The cake is popular in the United States, Mexico, Central and South America and many parts of the Caribbean.[1] The origins of the tres leches are disputed.[2] Recipes appeared on Nestlé condensed milk can labels in the 1940s, although similar recipes can be found much earlier. The idea for creating a cake soaked in a liquid is most likely of Medieval European origin, as similar cakes, such as British Trifle and rum cake, and tiramisu from Italy, use this method.[2]
In 2004, the ice cream company Häagen-Dazs for a limited time released a tres leches-flavored ice cream, containing pieces of rum-soaked tres leches in a sweet-cream ice cream.
Notes
- ↑ Higuera McMahon, Jacqueline (8 August 2007). "Tres Leches cake goes one better". SFGate. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pack, MM (13 February 2004). "Got Milk? On the trail of pastel de tres leches". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
External links
- Tres Leches recipe Good Eats version from episode "Milk Made", aired June 6, 2007
