Tres Leches Cake is a popular dessert in South America and literally
translates to ‘3 milk cake’ in Spanish. The three milks relate to the creamy
mixture you pour over the cooked cake consisting: condensed milk, evaporated
milk and cream. It's bloomin delish, and oh so pretty when you serve them in little jars - perfect for summer by the pool, picnicking or just being cute and awesome at eh same time ;)
Tres Leches Cake Jars
Ingredients: (makes 8 jars)
500g Packet Sasko Quick Treats Vanilla Muffin Mix
140 ml Vegetable oil
120 ml Milk
2 Extra large eggs
8 375ml Jars with lids
Topping:
Zest of 1 lemon
250ml Condensed milk
250ml Evaporated milk
250ml Cream
To serve:
250ml Cream
250g Strawberries (washed)
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180*C and grease and line a 30cm by 25cm
rectangular cake tin.
Pour the Sasko Vanilla Muffin Mix into a bowl and add the oil, milk
and eggs as per the packet instructions.
Pour the muffin batter into the cake tin and bake in the oven for 20
minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Set aside to cool.
To make the Tres Leches: whisk the condensed milk, evaporated milk
and cream together.
Once the cake has cooled completely, use a cookie cutter with the
same circumference as the opening of the jars and cut out 16 circles of cake.
Push a circle of cake gently into the bottom of each jar, sprinkle
over a little zest and pour over 45ml of Tres Leches. Top with a second circle,
sprinkle with a little more zest and pour another 45ml of Tres Leches over the
cakes. Screw on the caps and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours
before serving.
To serve: whip the remaining cream and slice up the strawberries.
Spoon a dollop of whipped cream into each cake jar and top with sliced
strawberries.
Tip 1: You could use any kind of berry or fruit: blueberries,
raspberries, mango, granadilla pulp etc.
Tip 2: If you want to make a chocolate version you could use a
packet of Sasko Quick Treats Chocolate Muffin Mix instead of Vanilla and use
chocolate chips instead of lemon zest.
Tip 3: If you don’t have a cookie cutter you can use a glass or one
of the jars to cut the circles of cake. You can buy screw top jars from Consol
glass stores as well as most large supermarkets.
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