Nutrition
- Protein5%
- Fat45%
- Carbohydrates50%
Estimate for a typical portion of this dish; the venue's recipe may differ.
About the dish
A moist sponge cake soaked in a mixture of three different types of milk. It is typically served chilled and often topped with whipped cream.
- Cuisine
- Latin American
Typical ingredients
- sponge cake
- evaporated milk
- condensed milk
- whole milk
- whipped cream
General information about this dish, not provided by the venue. Dish pictures are illustrations based on the menu description, not photos from the venue.
History of the dish
Nicaragua · 19th century
- Origin
- Nicaragua
- Dates from
- 19th century
Read more
A tres leches cake (lit. 'three-milk cake'; Spanish: pastel de tres leches, torta de tres leches or bizcocho de tres leches), also known as dulce de tres leches (lit. 'three-milk sweet'), pan tres leches (lit. 'three-milk bread') or simply tres leches (lit. 'three milks'), is a Latin American sponge cake soaked in evaporated milk, condensed milk and whole milk.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Tres leches cake” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0
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