(translation: three milks cake) (Spanish: pastel de tres leches, torta de tres leches or bizcocho de tres leches) is a sponge cake—in some recipes, a butter cake—soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.
When butter is not used, the tres leches cake is very light 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.
Source: Wikipedia
The idea for creating a cake soaked in a liquid is likely of Medieval European origin, as similar cakes, such as British trifle and rum cake, and tiramisu from Italy, use this method.
Recipes appeared on Nestlé condensed milk can labels in the 1930s or 1960s (historians disagree and have evidence for both). Nevertheless, that may explain the cake’s widely disseminated popularity throughout Latin America as the company had created subsidiaries in Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela. The cake is popular in Central and South America, North America and many parts of the Caribbean, Canary Islands, as well as in Albania, North Macedonia, Turkey and some other parts of Europe.
Torta 3 Leches
(translation: three milks cake) (Spanish: pastel de tres leches, torta de tres leches or bizcocho de tres leches) is a sponge cake—in some recipes, a butter cake—soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.
When butter is not used, the tres leches cake is very light 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.
Source: Wikipedia
Description
The idea for creating a cake soaked in a liquid is likely of Medieval European origin, as similar cakes, such as British trifle and rum cake, and tiramisu from Italy, use this method.
Recipes appeared on Nestlé condensed milk can labels in the 1930s or 1960s (historians disagree and have evidence for both). Nevertheless, that may explain the cake’s widely disseminated popularity throughout Latin America as the company had created subsidiaries in Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela. The cake is popular in Central and South America, North America and many parts of the Caribbean, Canary Islands, as well as in Albania, North Macedonia, Turkey and some other parts of Europe.
Additional information
Mini, Whole