Three-Milk Dark Chocolate Cake

Name: Three-Milk Dark Chocolate Cake (Tres Leches Chocolat)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons cocoa powder; 2 cups powdered milk, or one 14-ounce can evaporated milk; 1 cup half-and-half; 3 large eggs; 1 cup sweetened condensed milk; ½ cup flour, sifted; ½ cup sugar; 1 teaspoon triple sec, Cointreau, or other liqueur; 2 large egg yolks; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) salted butter; 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped; ½ cup heavy cream; ¼ cup cocoa powder

Tres Leches Chocolat

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Taste of Cuba

By Cynthia Carris Alonso

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

Chocolate Sponge Cake

3 large eggs
½ cup sugar
½ cup

Americas
Cuba
Dessert
Cake
Microwave
Vegetarian
Caribbean

Method

To make the sponge cake, preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 6-cup cupcake pan or an 8-inch square pan.

Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until stiff. In a separate bowl, combine the sugar and egg yolks and beat on high speed for 3 minu