Mocha Tres Leches Cake
  1. In a pot, add in the whole milk and place this over medium heat. You want to heat this until the milk is warm, you don't need it to come to a boil, just until it's warm.

  2. Add the coffee into this and mix until all the coffee has dissolved.

  3. Take this off the heat, then mix in the evaporated and condensed milk. Cover and leave aside.

  4. Start by pre-heating your oven to 180c/350f.

  5. In a large bowl, add in the egg whites and start to whip these. Once they become a little foamy, slowly pour in the first 75g of sugar, whiles still whipping. Then once it has all been added, whip until you get stiff peaks. Leave this aside.

  6. In a separate large bowl, whip together the egg yolks and the second 75g of sugar. Whip until the mixture lightens in colour and almost doubles in volume.

  7. Whisk the cocoa powder into this. Then whisk in the oil, milk, lemon juice and vanilla. Now add the flour and whisk until smooth.

  8. Add about half of the whipped egg whites into this, gently fold these in. Then add the rest of the egg whites and fold these into too, just until you no longer see any lumps or streaks of egg whites.

  9. Pour this into a 9x12 inch baking dish, make sure not to grease this dish.

  10. Bake for around 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Once baked, leave to cool.

  11. In a large bowl, add the double cream, icing sugar and vanilla. Whip these together until you get soft peaks. Leave this in the fridge until you're ready to use it.

  12. Once your cake has cooled, you can pour the milk mixture over it.

  13. Poke hole into the cake using a knife, skewer or fork. Then slowly pour the milk mixture over it. Don't pour it all over at once, add a bit, let it soak into the cake, then add more. Keep repeating until you've used up all the mixture. Side note, I like to save about ½ a cup of it to pour on top when serving.

  14. Add the whipped cream and spread it out. Then with a sieve, dust some cocoa powder on top.

  15. Cover this and leave in the fridge so that the cake can fully absorb the milk mixture. It's much better to leave it overnight, but a few hours will be ok too. After this just cut into it and enjoy!

Course🍰Dessert

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

Category🎂Cake

Cuisine🇲🇽Mexican

Occasions🎉Celebration🎊Party

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyMedium ⏰ 1h

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