Posted by Lee on September 27, 2001 at 18:49:56:
In Reply to: Re: ISO: DOMINICAN CAKE posted by LUCY on September 26, 2001 at 22:00:46:
DOMINICAN CAKE Recipe
"TRES LECHES"
[ THREE MILK CAKE ]
CAKE INGREDIENTS
1 LB. Butter
1 LB. Granulated Sugar
10 Whole eggs
1.5 lbs. Cake Flour
1/2 Oz Baking Powder
1/2 Oz Vanilla extract
1 cup Fresh Orange Juice
Dash of salt
TO PREPARE CAKE
For 1 Large Cake
1.Cream butter and eggs together for about
10 minutes at medium high speed using an
electric
mixer.
2.Add eggs 5 at a time to the above mixture
and beat each addition for about 1 minute or
until
well incorporated.
3.Sift all dry ingredients together and
then ADD them to the above wet ingredients.
At
medium speed, mix and combine for 5
minutes.
4.Then add the vanilla extract and the
orange juice and continue to mix for about 2
more
minutes.
5.Bake in a ceramic bowl in preheated oven
at 400 degrees F. If you have a convection
oven
bake at 350 degrees F. This same ceramic
bowl will be used to serve the finished
dessert.
THREE MILK INGREDIENTS
8 oz. heavy cream
6 oz. canned evaporated milk
8 oz. canned condensed milk
THREE MILK PREPARATION
1.Throughly combine the three different
milks.
MERINGUE INGREDIENTS
5 oz egg whites (about 10 eggs)
10 oz powdered sugar
TO PREPARE MERINGUE
1.Place egg whites and powdered sugar in a
very clean, greaseless and dry mixing bowl
and
at high speed mix for about fifteen
minutes or until the whites become a stiff
consistency.
NOTE
The normal ratio of egg whites to
powdered sugar, BY WEIGHT is 2 parts sugar to
1
part egg white. So, for example, if
you have 5 ozs, of egg whites use 10 ozs. of
powdered sugar. Medium size eggs
should have about 1/2 an oz. of egg white
each but
it is best to weigh when using this
procedure.
ASSEMBLY
1.Perforate the cake with many holes. A
rounded butter knife is good for this.
2.Combine the the milks throughly and pour
onto the the cake making sure it penetrates
the
holes and soaks in well.
3.Decorate/cover the cake with the
meringue. This meringue can be browned or
decorated
with colorful candied fruit, fresh fruit
or nuts.
4.Serve and enjoy.