H3 Recipe: Tres Leches Cake

A light, fluffy and moist cake - the perfect dessert for a special meal!           

 INGREDIENTS:

1 each             Cooking Spray

6 each             Egg Yolks

2/3 cup           Sugar

2 tsp.               Vanilla extract

2 cups              Flour, All-Purpose

2 ½ tsp.           Baking powder

¼ tsp.              Salt

½ cup              Skim milk

6 each             Egg whites

3 T.                  Sugar

Milk Sauce

1 each             Fat free sweetened condensed milk  (14 oz)

1 each             Fat free evaporated milk (12 oz)

½ cup              Skim milk

 

PREPARATION:

• Preheat oven to 375.


• Spray large baking pan


• Place egg yolks, 2/3 cup of sugar, and 2 teaspoons of vanilla in a large mixing bowl.  Beat with a mixer until thick and pale.


• In separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon salt; mix well. 


• Add the flour mixture and the ½ cup of skim milk alternately to egg yolk mixture.


• In another large bowl, beat 6 egg whites on high speed until foamy.  Then add the 3 tablespoons of sugar one at a time .


• Beat eggs until stiff peaks form.


• Gently fold egg white mixture in with the egg yolk mixture.


• Spoon batter into prepare baking sheet pan.


• Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes.


• When cake is done, pull out of oven let rest for about 10 minutes.


• Then invert out of pan, and pierce the top of the cake with a fork making many fork spears.


• Prepare milk sauce.  (Make sure before pouring milk mixture over cake that you have a pan with a lip on it so extra milk does not run on you.)


• Slowly pour milk mixture over cake, then let stand for at least two hours. 


• Serve with fresh berries and low fat whipped topping.

Number of servings:  25

Serving size:  1 piece

Calories:  100

Fat grams:  4