Even though I live in Arizona, I’ve only had Tres Leches Cake a couple of times, and this is the first time I’ve prepared one. I know that my sister likes it; we had it on her birthday last year. So I thought I’d make this cake for my sister to share with her colleagues in the Research & Pulmonary Department at the VA Hospital.
An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com, she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.
faithy, the baker
Wow..i love your new oven! Looks huge! Can put in a round pan and cupcakes at the side. I think your sponge cake rose beautifully. 🙂 I love fat dense chocolaty cakes but i don’t like wet sweet cakes..:)
Vicki
Your cake looks great and the pictures as well.
I’m with you on dunked cookies, especially biscotti which is what this texture reminded me of.
Marie
I was surprised to read that people objected to the milky texture and taste of this cake–I thought everyone loved tres leches cake! Yours looks so pretty–how did you do the topping?
Hanaâ
Your cake looks lovely. Love the decoration on top. I added some gelatin to my caramel whipped cream frosting too because there’s no way the two of us can eat a whole cake :o)
Lois B
Faithy – thank you, I’m enjoying the newness of it; keeping it ever so clean. I wonder how long before the new wears off?
Vicki – you are so right about biscotti. I want to find the time to blog about the cranberry-pistachio biscotti recipe from my sister-in-law.
Marie & Hanaâ – thank you both! I started off trying to make a shell pattern, but I remember my Wilton I instructor saying you had to practice often to keep up your piping skills. She was right – LOL! I guess you can’t go wrong with a lot of fluffy cream!
Hanaâ
2 things I forgot to mention earlier:
– My fav biscotti is Cranberry/Almond biscotti. Yum!
– You got a new oven. Nice! So did I last month. Which one did you get?
Lois B
Hanaâ, I found a 2 year old Whirlpool electric range on Craigslist – with the glass stovetop. It’s quite a change from our 23 year old model that only had 2 burners working. What’s yours like?
Nicola
Your cake looks amazing. And I am with Faithy in the oven envy camp!
So clean you can take photos through the front glass – amazing.
Hanaâ
Looks like you got a deal. A 2 year old oven is practically brand new. Mine is a Kenmore Elite electric range with 4 burners and a warmer (which can be used for bread proofing), and it has a dual convection oven (this means it has 2 fans, not 2 oven) :o) I’m loving convection baking so far!