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"Pastel De Tres Leches Three Milk Cake"
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Pastel De Tres Leches | Three Milk Cake

Recipe Category: Baking
All Rights Reserved: an original recipe from Lavender and Lime

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 200 g butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 200 g fructose
  • 2.5 mls vanilla extract
  • 4 eggs
  • 200 g self-rising flour, plus extra for the tin

For the 3 milk mixture

For the Chantilly cream

  • 100 mls cream
  • 10 g honey
  • 1 vanilla pod, seeds only

For the icing

  • 100 g chocolate, melted

Method

For the cake

  • Preheat the oven to 190° Celsius
  • Grease and flour two round 18cm baking tins
  • Cream the butter, fructose and vanilla until light and fluffy
  • Add the eggs one at a time until incorporated
  • Gently fold in the flour
  • Pour half the mixture into each tin and smooth the top with a spatula
  • Bake for 20 minutes
  • Turn out straight away onto a wire rack and leave to cool

For the 3 milk mixture

  • Combine all of the ingredients
  • Once the cakes are cool, place them onto a baking tray
  • Use a skewer to poke holes into the cakes
  • Pour half of the mixture over each cake
  • Leave in the fridge for an hour to soak up all the mixture

For the Chantilly cream

  • Whisk together the cream, honey and vanilla seeds until firm
  • Place one of the cakes onto a cake stand and cover the top with the Chantilly cream
  • Carefully place the other cake on top

For the icing

  • Pour the melted chocolate over the cake and smooth with a palette knife
  • Put the cake back into the fridge for an hour
  • Serve at room temperature