Tres leches cake
A tres leches cake (lit. 'three-milk cake'; Spanish: pastel de tres leches, torta de tres leches or bizcocho de tres leches), dulce de tres leches, also known as pan tres leches (lit. 'three-milk bread') or simply tres leches, is a sponge cake soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and whole milk. The cake is popular throughout Latin America.
A decorated slice of tres leches cake | |
| Alternative names | Torta de tres, трилече or Trileche (Macedonian), Trileçe or trileqe (Albanian), trileçe (Turkish), leches, pan tres leches, bizcocho de tres leches, pastel de tres leches, tres leches |
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| Type | Sponge cake (or butter cake) |
| Place of origin | Latin America |
| Region or state | Latin America, Nicaragua, |
| Main ingredients | Cake base; evaporated milk, condensed milk, heavy cream |
Tres leches is a very light cake, with many air bubbles. This distinct texture is why it does not have a soggy consistency, despite being soaked in a mixture of three types of milk.
Its Albanian and Turkish variety is referred to as trileçe.
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