Cuban Three Milks Cake Recipe

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Cuban Three Milks Cake
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Ingredients
19
Count
Nutrition
458
Calories
Total time
25
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Cake:
  3. Grease and lightly flour a 9 x 13 baking dish.
  4. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
  5. Separate the egg yolks and whites.
  6. Beat the whites until very foamy and frothy.
  7. Set aside.
  8. In a large mixing bowl, cream the sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla extract with an electric mixer.
  9. Continue mixing and slowly add the milk.
  10. Then start adding the flour mixture, a little at a time, until all the flour is incorporated and the batter is smooth.
  11. Finally, use a spatula to gently fold in the beaten egg whites until completely mixed.
  12. Pour batter into a greased and lightly floured 9 x 13 baking dish.
  13. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.
  14. Allow cake to cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
  15. Now it's time to get fancy.
  16. Invert the cake onto a jelly roll pan or a baking tray with a raised edge on it – something to catch the syrup!
  17. Use a fork to repeatedly pierce the top of the cake.
  18. Milk Syrup Whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, heavy cream and rum in a mixing bowl, until well blended.
  19. Pour syrup over the cake a little at a time, until it soaks through.
  20. This is a cake that demands patience!
  21. Pour the milk syrup slowly and let it soak in.
  22. Use your fork to help it along a bit, piercing here and there through the syrup until it soaks in.
  23. Keep doing this until most of the milk syrup is absorbed.
  24. Don’t worry if there is still a pool of syrup around the bottom of the cake, it will gradually soak in.
  25. Cover the now syrup-drenched cake in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least three hours before frosting.
  26. Frosting: Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar in a large bowl until they form stiff peaks.
  27. Set aside. In a separate pan, mix the water, sugar, and
  28. Corn syrup.
  29. Cook over a high heat, stirring constantly until a candy thermometer reads 230°F.
  30. Remove from heat. While beating the egg whites
  31. With an electric mixer, immediately pour the hot syrup into the egg
  32. Whites; continue beating for about five minutes.
  33. Let frosting cool in refrigerator.
  34. With a wet spatula, spread a thick layer of the frosting on the cake.
  35. To serve, cut individual squares, top with a red maraschino
  36. Cherry, and serve cold.
  37. Variations
  38. Banana Variation To make a Banana Tres Leches Cake, add 1/3 cup banana liqueur to the milk syrup, omit rum and reduce the evaporated milk to 3/4 can.
  39. Cuatro Leches
  40. This is the basic tres leches cake with a toping of dulce de leche (a caramel sauce).
  41. If you want to serve this, follow recipe instructions above. Serve the cake in a bowl or round sundae dish.
  42. Add a layer of dulce de leche around the sides of the cake in the bowl.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 457.74 Kcal (1916 kJ)
Calories from fat 69.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7.75g 12%
Cholesterol 111.82mg 37%
Sodium 185mg 8%
Potassium 224.77mg 5%
Total Carbs 91.34g 30%
Sugars 71.9g 288%
Dietary Fiber 0.47g 2%
Protein 7.2g 14%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Iron 2.2mg 12%
Calcium 92.8mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 258.44 Kcal (1082 kJ)
Calories from fat 39.41 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.38g 12%
Cholesterol 63.13mg 37%
Sodium 104.45mg 8%
Potassium 126.91mg 5%
Total Carbs 51.57g 30%
Sugars 40.6g 288%
Dietary Fiber 0.27g 2%
Protein 4.06g 14%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Iron 1.2mg 12%
Calcium 52.4mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.7
    Points
  • 13
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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