2023-08-27 12:39:00
The tres leches cake or cake is a traditional Latin American dessert and very popular in countries like Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia and Peru, among others. This sweet dish consists of a sponge cake bathed in three types of milk: evaporated milk, milk cream and condensed milk, which give it its name. It is usually accompanied with a meringue of egg whites, maraschino cherries and sprinkled with ground cinnamon. Usually, the recipe does not use butter and that is why it has a spongy texture. This dessert has different versions and one of them is the cheap 3 milk cake.
The perfect dessert after a big meal.
Some time ago, this cake became very well known in Argentina, but some modifications were made to the original preparation to adapt it to the palate here. For example, a layer of the inevitable dulce de leche is usually added. Another variant is the cheap 3 milk cakewhich almost does not differ from the traditional recipe and is just as delicious.
The success of this cake is in the soft, spongy and creamy cake.
The Instagram profile of “Maty Cocina Ok” taught how to cook a cheap 3 milk cake. This preparation is made with a homemade sponge cake and only a few ingredients are required. Of course, you can buy the cake already ready and just dedicate yourself to preparing this rich cake made from different types of milk.
Ingredients
For the sponge cake:
5 eggs Essence of vanilla 120 g of chewing brown sugar 130 g of 0000 flour 10 g of corn starch.
For the 3 milks:
200 g of traditional dulce de leche 200 g of milk 200 g of milk cream.
For the coverage:
250 g of milk cream 2 tbsp. heaped with brown sugar chewed Essence of vanilla Ground cinnamon.
Elaboration
Grease and flour a mold (this recipe is for a 20cm mold). Preheated oven 180 degrees, 25 minutes. Beat the eggs with the sugar until letter point, add the essence and the dry ingredients. Mix envelopingly taking care not to lose air from the smoothie. Place in the mold and bake. Let cool. Mix the dulce de leche, with the milk and milk cream. Prick the cold sponge cake with a toothpick and soak with the milk preparation. Wrap in film and leave overnight in the fridge. Unmold, beat the milk cream with the sugar and add the essence of vanilla. Then decorate the cake and sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Store in refrigerator. Cheap and homemade 3 milk cake.
Origin of the 3 milk cake
Regardless of whether it is the original 3 leches cake or a cheap 3 milk cake, the truth is that this dessert conquered all of Latin America and Argentina is no exception. With the arrival of Peruvian, Colombian and Venezuelan immigrants during the first decades of the 21st century, this cake became a classic within the national territory. Each country has its own version of the 3 leches cake.
There are many countries in America that dispute its creation: Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico and Costa Rica. However, many historians agree that this dessert was invented in Nicaragua.
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