World Flavors Cookbook

Tres Leches Tico

Name: Tres Leches Tico
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Costa Rica
Ingredients: For sponge: 5 eggs, 200g sugar, 200g flour, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp baking powder; For three milks: 400ml evaporated milk, 400ml condensed milk, 200ml heavy cream; For topping: 3 egg whites, 100g sugar, cinnamon

Costa Rican three-milk cake — a moist sponge soaked in evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream, topped with meringue.

Cuisine: Costa Rica

Ingredients

For sponge: 5 eggs, 200g sugar, 200g flour, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp baking powder
For three milks: 400ml evaporated milk, 400ml condensed milk, 200ml heavy cream
For topping: 3 egg whites, 100g sugar, cinnamon

Instructions

Beat eggs and sugar until pale and thick. Fold in flour and baking powder.
Bake at 180C for 25 minutes.
Cool cake. Poke holes with a fork.
Mix three milks. Pour slowly over cake. Refrigerate 4 hours.
Make meringue: beat whites with sugar to stiff peaks.
Spread meringue over cake. Dust with cinnamon.