Tres leches cake
A slice of tres leches cake | |
| Alternative names | Torta de tres, Trileçe or trileqe (Albanian), трилече or Trileche (Bulgarian and Macedonian), trileçe (Turkish), trileće (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia), pan tres leches, bizcocho de tres leches, pastel de tres leches |
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| Type | Sponge cake |
| Place of origin | Latin America |
| Region or state | Latin America |
| Main ingredients | Cake base; evaporated milk, condensed milk, heavy cream |
A tres leches cake (lit. 'three-milk cake'; Spanish: pastel de tres leches, torta de tres leches or bizcocho de tres leches), dulce de tres leches, also known as pan tres leches (lit. 'three-milk bread') or simply tres leches, is a sponge cake originating in Latin America soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and whole milk. It is often topped with whipped cream, fruit and cinnamon.
Tres leches is a very light cake with many air bubbles. This distinct texture is why it does not have a soggy consistency despite being soaked in a mixture of three types of milk. A variation of the cake has since spread to Southeastern Europe, especially Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey, where it is known as trileçe or trileće.