Tres leches tea cake ☕️

Elle

pooboobakes

Tres leches tea cake ☕️

Serves

4

Cook

35 mins

Prep

12 mins

Difficulty

easy

In honour of @subtleasian.baking turning 3, I baked it a birthday cake inspired by everyone’s favourite milk tea!! I love tres leches cakes, and the added tea fragrance ( i used my fav earl grey) and subtle bitterness that balances with the sweet creamy flavours just adds that subtle asian touch that I think brings it to another level

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Ingredients

30g milk

100g double cream

50g sugar

95g condensed milk

splash of vanilla

pinch of salt

10g condensed milk

20g milk

32g all purpose flour

2 medium eggs yolks and whites separated

85g evaporated milk

cinnamon powder sprinkle on top

1/2 tsp baking powder

Instructions

Step 1

Whip the egg whites up to medium stiff peaks, while adding in 3/4ths of the sugar throughout in 3 parts

Step 2

Whip the egg yolks with the rest of the sugar until pale, fluffy, and ribbony

Step 3

Gently fold in the rest of the sponge ingredients into the yolk mixture

Step 4

Fold in the egg white meringue, in 3 parts

Step 5

Bake at 170c for 25 minutes

Step 6

Once cooled, use a fork to poke holes into the sponge, and pour in the combined milk soak mixture

Step 7

Optionally whip up the cream frosting, and spread over, before sprinkling on the cinnamon

Step 8

Feel free to add fruits (berries tend to go really well!)

Step 9

Celebrate with us