Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake
Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, gluten-free tres leches cake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

I was first introduced to Tres Leches cake years ago by a dear friend when we lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tres Leches means three milks in Spanish, and this gluten-free cake is soaked in a sweet and creamy mixture of whole milk, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk. The resulting gluten-free Tres Leches Cake is light but also decadent, with such rich flavors and a soft, spongy texture.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gluten-free tres leches cake using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake:
  1. Make ready Cake
  2. Prepare 1 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour
  3. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  4. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
  5. Take 5 large eggs, separate whites from yolks
  6. Make ready 1 cup sugar, divided
  7. Make ready 1/3 cup whole milk
  8. Take 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  9. Prepare 12 oz can of evaporated milk
  10. Take 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
  11. Prepare 1/4 cup whole milk
  12. Take Whipped Cream
  13. Prepare 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  14. Prepare 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  15. Prepare 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  16. Prepare Ground cinnamon (for topping)
  17. Prepare Fresh strawberries (optional)

This easy gluten free tres leches cake recipe is a delicious dessert that you will want to make again and again. It is perfect for Cinco de Mayo or anytime you want a creamy easy dessert recipe! Creamy and full of flavor, you will want to make this simple three milk cake again and again! Tres Leches is a traditional cake from Mexico.

Steps to make Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350° F
  2. In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  3. Separate eggs into two separate bowls - one for eggs whites, the other for egg yolks.
  4. In large mixing bowl, mix 3/4 cup of sugar and egg yolks together on high speed until yolk are pale yellow.
  5. Add 1/3 cup milk and pure vanilla extract to egg yolk mixture and combine on low speed.
  6. Pour egg yolk mixture over flour mixture and stir just until ingredients are mixed.
  7. In another large bowl, beat the egg whites on high speed, adding the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar gradually. Beat egg whites until stiff peak forms.
  8. Fold egg white mixture into batter gently
  9. Pour batter into a greased 9x13 pan. Smooth the top of the batter.
  10. Bake cake for 35 to 40 minutes
  11. Check the center of cake by inserting a toothpick.
  12. Remove from the oven and allow cake to cool completely.
  13. Combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and whole milk in small bowl.
  14. Use a fork to poke holes in the top of completely cooled cake.
  15. Pour milk mixture over the cake - and don't forget the edges!
  16. Refrigerate cake for at least five hours
  17. When ready to serve, whip the heavy cream, powdered sugar and pure vanilla extract until stiff peak forms.
  18. Smooth whipped cream on top of the cake, sprinkle it with ground cinnamon and top with strawberries, if you'the like!
  19. Enjoy!

It gets its name from the "three milks" that you blend together and pour on top until the cake soaks up all the moist, sweet deliciousness. Tres leches is perfect for a gluten-free cake, because the milks overcome the shortcomings gluten-free cakes sometimes have in the dry, crumbly department. Pour the sweetened condensed milk, buttermilk and plain milk into a measuring cup (or other container) with a pour spout, and whisk to combine well. Tres Leches Cake, Gluten-Free-adapted from The Pioneer Woman website. Gluten Free Tres Leches Cake is just about as simple as any other cake, I promise!

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