Rick Bayless Classic Tres Leches Cake
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
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A slice of plain sponge cake, laid unadorned on a plate, would not likely excite anyone. All alone, it’s not very sweet or moist or interesting. But true to its name, a classic sponge cake is eager to absorb liquid deliciousness, transforming Plain Jane simplicity into something pretty glamorous. That’s tres leches cake, here presented in its most classic form, infused with Latin America’s beloved one-two punch of evaporated milk and sweetened condensed (lots of flan recipes call for both of these), plus a little whole milk for good measure. Frosted with whipped cream (some cooks like a meringue frosting, making the experience sweeter) and, perhaps, with the addition of some fruit, one bite is all you need to comprehend why this is a classic.
Homey recipes for tres leches cake abound, made in a 13x9-inch baking dishes, doused with the milks and topped with frosting. But many bakeries in Mexico (and beyond) make two layer round or rectangular tres leches cakes, sandwiched with fruit and decorated beautifully enough for the most special occasions. That’s the path I’m on here.
People who are far better trained historians than I am have been frustrated in their attempts to unearth the exact invention of this cake. Yes, it’s so incredibly popular in Mexico, many think it must come from there. But it’s just as popular in many Latin American countries. And yes, because cooks have been soaking cakes and breads with all kinds of liquid goodness for millennia, some think it must be ancient. But this particular soaked sponge cake with the inimitable infusion of two canned milks is unique. Was it the canned milk producers who thought up this version? If so, not one has stepped up to claim the distinction. Was someone making flan, but, realizing they had no eggs, doused a stale sponge cake with the eggless flan mixture and changed the course of history? Perhaps we’ll never know.
Though this version is very traditional, I like to vary the milks (think variations like coconut milk in place of evaporated, cajeta instead of sweetened condensed, espresso instead of half the milk), add ground toasted nuts in place of a quarter of the flour, use caramelized apples for the fruit in fall-the possibilities are endless.
I remember the first time I saw u on tv when I was a kid, I was channel surfing and ran into u on KPBS in San Diego, my mom goes put it back, u see that guy he's a cook that speaks Spanish and I was like no way. She says yes and he makes great Mexican food, I've been knowing about u for years after that and I wanna say thanks for all u have done for the people. GRACIAS CARNAL. Love the ensenada fish taco episode.
Thanks Ivan!
His brother is skip Bayless from undisputed. They are both highly skilled. He is a great chef glad I found his channel
Yes! We only had a few channels so he's a big part of my childhood, my mom loves him too lol
Grew up watching you as a boy on PBS. Glad I found your channel ! You know your stuff ! Thank you !!
Oh, man--those summer berries are gorgeous! This was the end-of-semester treat courtesy profesora Ruiz when I was in college.
Can't wait to treat my family to one of these for a special day
They'll be glad you did.
Don’t need a special day for a cake like that! Any day is a good day for 3-Milk Cake!
You are meant to be a professional master chef-A+ Mr. Bayless.
YES! My absolute favorite cake of all time! I always wondered how they got the cake so moist. It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, Rick. You can bet I'll be trying this out this weekend!
Thanks!
Did you sweeten the whipped cream for the frosting?
Rick is alot more likeable than Skip. Subbed.
I remember watching you make this on One Plate at a Time! It was the first time I'd ever even heard of tres leches cake and have loved it ever since. Delightful to see you make this!
The best you are the greatest legend ever always 🥰🤘🏼 this recipe is more than gold🥰💯💯💯💯 thank you so much 🤘🏼🍰
This cake is my all time favorite. You are so right a festive cake, from someone who definitely knows how they should be made.
🍒🍓🎂Tres leches, mi preferido. Gracias por compartir tan deliciosa receta. Soyun fan de tus programas y me encanta como comprendes la comida Mexicana.🥧
If, you didn't know 3 leches is Nicaraguan, not Mexican.
You make it look soooo easy. I had an authentic milk cake once.....man it was years ago and I still remember how amazing it was.💜❤💜❤
I love ur kitchen. I have a small kitchen about that size and i want to knock half the wall out and put an island in, love the natural wood.I love this cake too. Making it now yoir way.
Hope to see Skip someday in your kitchen
made with love
Red, white and blue! Very patriotic!
I’m impressed that he was able to ladle on the milks on a cake plate and not a dish
Many years of practice ...
I remember watching you on TV!!! I’m so excited to have found you on UA-cam. ❤
I made it for the fourth! It was a hit! Thank you for the recipe 😊 The video and the written instructions were very helpful.
Beautiful ❤️
I've made this with coconut milk and coconut cream for my lactose intolerant family. It worked brilliantly, and why not have coconut flavours in a mexican dish, right?
Sounds great!
YUM!! Thank you for posting this!
I mean just add some pineapples and you made a piña colada cake lolol
I’ve been thinking about doing this as well. Good to know it works 👍
@@ericktellez7632 Don't forget a splash of coconut rum. Seriously, this should work.
The Mexican cake 🎂 love ❤️
I live in Guadalajara and many of the small restaurants, cafes, coffee shops here actually buy the Tres Leches Cake (and other baked goods) that they sell at Costco. I was there today, multiple people went with a friend/co-worker and used 2 carts because there is a limit of 5 cakes of each type per customer. On the way out I saw a number of vans/trucks with the business name on the sides being loaded up. I guess since it’s made in Mexico, it’s authentic.
There are a number of things that Costco makes well. Cake isn't one of them.
@@waytospergtherebro Mexico Costco is different
@@waytospergtherebro um, I dunno what Costco cake you're getting, but the one near me make great cake.
try the ones from the neufel pastry shop, they are the best in Guadalajara, especially the three milk cake , also has a delicious white cream chocolate
@@gabyontiveros7753 I'm not claiming that Costco is the best or even very good I'm just saying that I've seen quite a few well known restsurants loading up on them at Costco.
I'd say within the last 3-4 years I've expanded my Mexican cooking beyond Old El Paso Way taco seasoning.....(cringe!) but I've never tried Tres leches cake. I'm not much of a baker but I think I should at least try this. This looks really yummy. Thank you.
Oh, you HAVE TO try this one.
Cool, but, Mr.Bayl..,, didn't know that 3 leches is Nicaraguan.
You’re an amazing teacher. I love your videos. Thank you!
Great to hear. Thanks for watching!
I love your video! Very well executed! Blessings your way
My favorite tres Leche Cake. Looks Delicious 😋
This is one of our favorite desserts after 40+ years of traveling in Mexico. I think I can say that in all those years only once or twice was it made with the rich perfection of your recipe. I MUST now make this in my kitchen
Let us know how it goes!
Beautifully done! Now I suddenly have a craving...
My favorite 🤩
Awesome recipe
I have never made this cake but I will definitely now . it looks so beautiful and there is a special occasion coming up🥳
No time like the present. 🍰
Brilliant 🎉❤
Oh thank you soo much!!! I made one recently that was a disaster!☹ Can't wait to try this recipe. Looks delicious 😋 😍
Thanks for the heart, Chef!!
Yummy 😋🍰💯
I've been waiting on this recipe!!! Thanks for sharing.
One of my favorite desserts!
When my brother was getting married, a family friend put us in touch with someone who made a few tres leches cakes for us (just like that one!), along with a hundred or so tamales - beef, chicken, and vegetarian. It was fantastic!
Great menu!
Thank you Rick just what l needed to see this cake made in rounds.just scribes to your channel 😀😋
Thx chef
Hello baked? Wow!
Too good to stop eating it I would finish it the same day too
Freaking awesome.
Thank you for sharing! I went to your website and followed the recipe. Somehow I ended up with what looked like cornbread-pancakes lol. They were strong though, didn't crumble. I'm sure I'm just not a good student lol. My egg whites looked nothing like yours though and I couldn't figure out how to make it work. I didn't have cream of tartar either and read online to substitute with apple cider vinegar so I wasn't able to follow the recipe to the dot. YOUR cake looks AMAZING though!!!
Love your video! Going to try this soon :) I’m subscribed ✌️🥰
Thanks!
I’ve made many versions, but they all had cinnamon in the cake batter…..Your version looks delicious!
I would gladly wash your dishes! 🍽
I love tres leches! Better a bit of white with the yolks than yolks with the whites! (Well, per my amateur understanding)
Devour. When I watched this, that is the thought that flew threw my mind. It would be eaten with gusto and devoured. Light and fluffy, full of sweet milky moist goodness and the fresh berries give it the bright tart flavor that balances the sweet milk. Rick, did you add any sugar to the whipped cream? or was it just whipped cream?
Check the recipe in the caption.
@@rickbayless Thank you!
Beautiful, this is one of my favorite cakes. I have a Cuban bakery near me that prepares their tres leches the same way (milk & berries cake), it's perfect as a birthday cake. Does the whipped cream need to be stabilized? Thank you Rick.
I’m very interested in this video. I’ve eaten what I can only assume is _average Tres Leches cake_ at Mexican coworkers’ birthdays and I was a bit disappointed. Yet, I’m pretty sure that if made well it’s one of those desserts that creates a core memory and why so many try to imitate it. Watching with anticipation.
It's still surprising me that you and Skip are brother 😳 y'all should do something together on 📺 TV!!
Do we need to let it sit in fridge for a certain amount of time before cutting it?
this was so good im pregnant and i almost finished this in one go LOL
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What brand of Mexican vanilla do you recomend to use?
I followed the directions to a tee but my egg whites beat so stiff that they were difficult to fold into the batter. I added the exact amount of sugar and cream of tartar and beat them for the specific amount of time. Not sure what went wrong or if this might’ve affected the batter and cakes 😩😢 Any advice??
Any low carb version of this wonderful tres leches cake?
mhmmm! 👍
I personally like this cake but I’ve noticed very quickly, in bringing it to my coworkers, that it’s a very divisive cake in that Anglos especially feel that it’s too soggy or wet. 🤷♂️
Some of my desserts I made while living in Mexico, people would say they were too sweet. They also didn't like soft baked cookies.
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i just had a tres leches from Kroger's.....and i remember when I was young i had to go to a mexican bakery. How times have changed....oh and it was topped with Oreos 😂. Love your content and not sure if it was real but i saw you would be competing with Shannon Sharpe. I hope that's true
Not real.
Any thoughts on sweetening the whipped cream or does the milk mixture bring enough sweetness?
Some people sweeten it more, but I find that the 3 milks give it enough sweetness.
I'm still looking for a Big Red tres leches cake. Bueller?
How would you adjust for altitude? We’re at 7000 ft.
the bob ross of cooking
Have you seen this? ua-cam.com/video/3R-LD_WVJRU/v-deo.html
I am following the recipe to a t, and my wet flour mixture is very very thick. I don't know what I'm doing wrong
I don't much like the white tres leches, though it is refreshing on a hot day. But chocolate tres leches, well, we used to buy a big one for 200 pesos from Soriana and just take a fork to it, and that was dinner. Almost like the mayor in the movie Chocolat.
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Where do we get the amounts?
Links to the full recipes are always posted in the video captions. Here it is again. Provecho! www.rickbayless.com/recipe/classic-tres-leches-cake/
He really looks like Skip Bayless I wonder if they are related 🤔
Lol
How much of everything
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Are there measurements ?
Check the recipe in the caption.
What do you think of the theory that it was inherited from middle eastern immigrants to Mexico, sharing a common origin with the Turkish Trileçe?
Mexico had a lot of influence on its bakery from the French, we even have a cake war with France
but you have to have a good cream like Kalona cuz these other creams now days are full of fillers or watered down.
Who else is here because of Skip?
Me lmao. Watched his podcast
This is the only cake invented in Mexico, right? Because I’ve never come across any other. If you know of others let me know.
The bakery and pastry in Mexico is the direct influence of the French, there may not be many cakes created in Mexico but the amount of bread is immense in shapes and flavors
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I don't think I've made a cake creaming butter and sugar. I was also thinking, the vanilla I remember seeing in Mexico was sold in large quantities and was rather cheap. I doubted it was real vanilla.
Well dosen't THAT look good .. next occasion with a many guests you can bet this will be on the table :)
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Im surprising you dont measure the ingredients you said some milk,water ,oil but no measures how is possible????😬😬😬😬
looks good ishiftaltrightbm definitely going to use this recipe soon