Tres Leches Photo Cake

by Loren
(Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Photo Cake

3 Leches Cake:

6 large eggs, separated
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream topping:
1 14-ounce can evaporated milk
1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup heavy cream

Icing:
3 tablespoons water
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 large egg whites

Get Edible Photo Topper:
I scanned a picture online and got the icing sheet in the mail from
http://www.gogocake.com

To make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and set aside.
In the bowl of a mixer, beat the egg whites on low speed until soft peaks form. Add the sugar gradually with the mixer running and peak to stiff peaks. Add the egg yolks 1 at a time, beating well after the addition of each.

Sift together the flour and baking powder and add to the egg mixture, alternating with the milk. (Do this quickly.) Add the vanilla. Bake until golden, 25 minutes.

To make the cream topping: In a blender, combine the evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream and blend on high speed.

Remove the cake from the oven and while still warm, pour the cream mixture over it. Let sit and cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight.
To make the icing: Once the cake is completely chilled, in a saucepan combine the water and sugar. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Cook until the mixture reaches the soft ball stage, 235 to 240 degrees F. Remove from the heat. In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites to soft peaks. While beating, add the hot syrup in a stream. Beat until all the syrup has been added, the mixture cools, and a glossy icing forms.

Get your Photo Cake Icing Image and place inside freezer for 15 sec for easy peeling. Place on top of cake.

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Aug 22, 2008
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Tres Leches cake
by: Kelly

Very pretty! Nice job1

Aug 22, 2008
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BEAUTIFUL
by: NANCY OF CA

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CAKE, I WOULD NOT EVEN WANT TO CUT INTO IT. THE PHOTO IS GREAT OF IT ALSO. YOU NEED TO GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF CAKE DECORATING, YOU ARE GREAT! NANCY

Aug 22, 2008
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Beautiful Tres Leces Cake
by: Anonymous

The Tres Leches cake is beautiful. This is it a whipped cream icing? If so it looks good as well. Great job! I will definetly try the recipe and let you know my thoughts.

Thanks for a beautifl cake.

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