DESSERT RECIPES
Finish off your meal with a sweet Mexican treat! Make sure that you've left room for these recipes.
Dessert Recipes
Three-milk Cake
From 'Mexico The Cookbook' by Margarita Carrillo Arronte
A cake to impress your friends and show off your baking prowess!Ingredients
- Butter, for greasing
- 275g all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 8 large eggs, separated
- 230g extra fine sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp milk
- 450g strawberries, hulled and halved, plus extra for garnish
- For the Cream:
- 395g condensed milk
- 150ml evaporated milk
- 150ml single cream
- 3 egg yolks
- 1-2 tbsp brandy
- For the Toppings
- 3 egg whites
- 100g extra fine sugar
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease and line an 11-inch round cake pan.
- Sift together the flour and baking powder into a bowl and set aside.
- Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar and vanilla extract until ribbons form. Gently fold in the flour and baking powder mixture, alternating with the milk.
- Whisk the egg whites in a grease-free bowl until they form stiff peaks, then fold into the mixture.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a cocktail stick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Meanwhile, make the cream: Put all the cream ingredients into a blender and process until combined.
- Remove the pan from the oven and let cool. Turn out onto a plate, then slice the cake in half into 2 layers. Add the strawberries on top of one layer, then place the second layer on top. Pour the cream over it whilst still warm.
- To make the topping:
- Put the egg whites, sugar, lemon juice, and syrup into a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Do not let the base of the bowl touch the surface of the water.
- Whisk vigorously until the mixture is fluffy, then remove the bowl from the pan, and continue whisking until a meringue forms.
- Cover the cake with the meringue using a spatula and brown the tips of the meringue with a culinary blow torch. Top with strawberries and serve with the cream.
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