Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.;
- Grandma's Gold Cake Preparation:
- Beat butter, add sugar, add eggs, vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes. Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture and alternate with milk. Grease and flour cake pan. Line with parchment paper. Pour batter into the pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.;
- Crust Preparation:
- Process the shortbread in a food processor, pulsing until ground. Add sugar, pulse more, add butter and pulse until it looks like wet sand and holds somewhat together. Press into a glass pie pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes. Set on stove to cool. Brush lightly with beaten egg whites.;
- Creme Preparation:
- In a double boiler, place 1 cup of whole milk, 1/4 cup of half-and-half, 2/3 cups sugar and cinnamon sticks. Let heat until boiling and turn down to medium-high heat. Separate 6 eggs saving the whites in a separate bowl. Whisk the yolks, cornstarch and the 1/4 cup additional whole milk until well blended. Using a ladle, scoop out some of the hot milk mixture and temper the eggs whisking it carefully and adding it to the hot milk mixture. Take care to continuously stir with a whisk or it will lump up. When thickened pull off of heat source and add vanilla and butter. Cover and put in freezer to cool for 10 minutes. (I use a cake pan liner);
- Meringue Preparation:
- In a saucepan, boil the corn syrup, salt and sugar. Meanwhile, whisk egg whites in a stand mixer until firm peaks form. Take melted sugars off the stove and in a steady stream, add to the whisking egg whites. Keep whisking until glossy. Cover with a towel.;
- Shortbread Preparation:
- Cream butter, add sugars, blend and add vanilla. Add flours and cornstarch carefully by hand. Set aside and chill. Roll out between 2pieces of parchment, set in a cake pan to bake, mark designs with a fork. Bake in a preheated 325 degree F oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a rack.;
- Three Milks:
- Combine the evaporated milk, condensed milk, heavy cream and rum.;
- Assembly:
- Spread creme on the pie crust. Add layer of vanilla cake. Poke holes with a fork and brush or spray cake layer with Three Milks mixture saving any that will not absorb into the cake layer. Spread meringue over the top, being sure to seal down to the edge of the crust. Garnish with maraschino cherries, 5 mint leaves and cake crumbs. Plate pie with a cinnamon stick rolled in cinnamon on the side and porcelain bull filled with more milk. Drizzle with Cajeta.;
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MD Akash Ahmed
[email protected]This cake was delicious! The perfect amount of sweetness and moisture.
Reshma Devdath
[email protected]This is my favorite tres leches cake recipe! It's always a hit with my family and friends.
Martha Mabena
[email protected]I made this cake for a friend's birthday and it was a huge hit! Everyone loved it.
Yugayama
[email protected]This cake was easy to make and turned out great! I will definitely be making it again for my family.
Paz Nativ
[email protected]The cake was a little dry, but the frosting was delicious.
Cory Gilmour
[email protected]I loved this cake! It was so moist and flavorful.
Samantha Gremore
[email protected]This was a great recipe! The cake was moist and flavorful and the frosting was perfect.
Nakisha Locklear
[email protected]Overall, I thought this cake was very good. I would definitely make it again.
Ganesh Budha
[email protected]This cake was a bit too dense for my taste, but the flavor was good.
Demilade Allen
[email protected]The cake was easy to make and it turned out beautifully. I will definitely be making it again.
Sk munna Elahi
[email protected]I made this cake for a party and it was a huge hit! Everyone loved it.
sarfaraz ehmad268
[email protected]The cake was a little too sweet for my taste, but it was still very good.
Hameed khan pathan
[email protected]I followed the recipe exactly and the cake turned out great! I would recommend this recipe to anyone.
Tiffany Stipes
[email protected]This cake was a disappointment. It was dry and the frosting was too sweet.
Anisha Rana
[email protected]The cake was easy to make and turned out perfectly. I will definitely be making it again.
Sabbir Sarkar
[email protected]I made this cake for my family and they loved it! It was a big hit and I will definitely be making it again.
malik Studio 2
[email protected]This was the best tres leches cake I've ever had! It was so moist and flavorful, and the frosting was the perfect amount of sweetness.