Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake
Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, gluten-free tres leches cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Did you know that a gluten-free tres leches cake is actually quite simple to make? Authentic homemade gluten-free Tres Leches Cake. A sponge cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture and topped with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon.

Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.

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

This healthier Tres Leches is made with a fluffy almond flour cake and is soaked in a lightly sweetened coconut milk, and then topped with fluffy coconut whipped cream. Serve with strawberries for a light and elegant dessert. Except for a piece of this Gluten Free Tres Leches Cake. 🙂. After my plea for birthday cake recipes, I received a lot of replies.

Steps 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!

I've never had Tres Leche cake before, but after Alta from Tasty Eats At Home posted this recipe in response to my plea, I knew I wanted to try it. I love cake with a little extra added to it. This recipe has a lot of extra's, tres to be exact! The cake is super rich and creamy. I adapted the recipe from The Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbook to make it gluten free and also changed up how I prepared it to make it simpler for me.

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