Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, gluten-free tres leches cake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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. The chilled cake is the perfect dessert for spring and summer get-togethers, or anytime you're craving a swoon-worthy cake.

Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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. Prepare Cake
2. Prepare 1 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour
3. Get 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
4. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
5. Prepare 5 large eggs, separate whites from yolks
6. Get 1 cup sugar, divided
7. Get 1/3 cup whole milk
8. Make ready 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
9. Make ready 12 oz can of evaporated milk
10. Prepare 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
11. Take 1/4 cup whole milk
12. Prepare Whipped Cream
13. Make ready 2 cups heavy whipping cream
14. Get 1/4 cup powdered sugar
15. Take 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
16. Make ready Ground cinnamon (for topping)
17. Take Fresh strawberries (optional)

Tres Leches is a traditional cake from Mexico. 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. Tres Leches Cake, Gluten-Free-adapted from The Pioneer Woman website.

Instructions 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!

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. Tres Leches Cake, Gluten-Free-adapted from The Pioneer Woman website. Gluten free Tres Leches cake was high on my need to make gluten free list. It has become my standard Birthday cake every year. Tres Leches is Spanish for three milks.

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