How to Prepare Perfect Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake

Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake. Next-day mail order Gluten Free Cakes, nationwide. 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.

Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake A dairy free and gluten free Tres Leches Cake, perfect for a spring gathering! This healthier Tres Leches is made with a fluffy almond flour cake and is soaked in a lightly sweetened coconut milk, and then topped with fluffy coconut whipped cream. Serve with strawberries for a light and elegant dessert. You can have Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake

  1. Prepare of Cake.
  2. Prepare 1 cup of all-purpose gluten-free flour.
  3. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
  4. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
  5. You need 5 of large eggs, separate whites from yolks.
  6. You need 1 cup of sugar, divided.
  7. It's 1/3 cup of whole milk.
  8. It's 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
  9. You need 12 oz of can of evaporated milk.
  10. You need 14 oz of can of sweetened condensed milk.
  11. You need 1/4 cup of whole milk.
  12. You need of Whipped Cream.
  13. It's 2 cups of heavy whipping cream.
  14. You need 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.
  15. You need 1/2 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
  16. Prepare of Ground cinnamon (for topping).
  17. It's of Fresh strawberries (optional).

Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Vanilla Tres Leches Cake with Berries If regular cakes are too dry for your taste, tres leches is the cake for you. A light and airy cake poked and soaked with a sweetened milk mixture, this classic Latin-American sweet is like a cross between cake and custard. Gluten free Tres Leches cake was high on my need to make gluten free list. It has become my standard Birthday cake every year.

Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake instructions

  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!.

Tres Leches is Spanish for three milks. It consists of a sponge cake or butter cake soaked in three milks (evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream). It is heavenly, moist and sweet. 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.

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