Recipe: Tasty Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake

Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake. Authentic homemade gluten-free Tres Leches Cake. A sponge cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture and topped with fresh whipped cream and cinnamon. You are going to love this traditional Mexican gluten-free dessert!

Did you know that a gluten-free tres leches cake is actually quite simple to make? Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake uses evaporated coconut milk & sweetened condensed coconut milk to make a dairy-free version of this Latin American I remember eating Tres Leches Cake during my childhood, usually on special days like Easter and Christmas, and always at my grandparent's house. Lactose Free and Gluten Free Tres Leches Cake Recipe. You can have Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake using 17 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake

1. It's of Cake.
2. Prepare 1 cup of all-purpose gluten-free flour.
3. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
4. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
5. It's 5 of large eggs, separate whites from yolks.
6. You need 1 cup of sugar, divided.
7. It's 1/3 cup of whole milk.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
9. It's 12 oz of can of evaporated milk.
10. You need 14 oz of can of sweetened condensed milk.
11. Prepare 1/4 cup of whole milk.
12. You need of Whipped Cream.
13. Prepare 2 cups of heavy whipping cream.
14. You need 1/4 cup of powdered sugar.
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
16. It's of Ground cinnamon (for topping).
17. It's of Fresh strawberries (optional).

A dairy free and gluten free Tres Leches Cake, perfect for a spring gathering! This healthier Tres Leches is made with a fluffy almond flour cake and is soaked in a lightly sweetened coconut milk, and then topped with fluffy coconut whipped cream. Serve with strawberries for a light and elegant dessert. Turn up the flavor on the traditional tres leches cake with this gluten-free chocolate version topped with fresh whipped cream and chocolate shavings.

Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside..
3. Separate eggs into two separate bowls - one for eggs whites, the other for egg yolks..
4. In large mixing bowl, mix 3/4 cup of sugar and egg yolks together on high speed until yolk are pale yellow..
5. Add 1/3 cup milk and pure vanilla extract to egg yolk mixture and combine on low speed..
6. Pour egg yolk mixture over flour mixture and stir just until ingredients are mixed..
7. In another large bowl, beat the egg whites on high speed, adding the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar gradually. Beat egg whites until stiff peak forms..
8. Fold egg white mixture into batter gently.
9. Pour batter into a greased 9x13 pan. Smooth the top of the batter..
10. Bake cake for 35 to 40 minutes.
11. Check the center of cake by inserting a toothpick..
12. Remove from the oven and allow cake to cool completely..
13. Combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and whole milk in small bowl..
14. Use a fork to poke holes in the top of completely cooled cake..
15. Pour milk mixture over the cake - and don't forget the edges!.
16. Refrigerate cake for at least five hours.
17. When ready to serve, whip the heavy cream, powdered sugar and pure vanilla extract until stiff peak forms..
18. Smooth whipped cream on top of the cake, sprinkle it with ground cinnamon and top with strawberries, if you'the like!.
19. Enjoy!.

Soaked in three (tres) types of milk (milk, buttermilk and sweetened condensed milk). Many tres leches cakes are baked with rum. This gluten free tres leches cake recipe is made without rum, so there is no alcohol in this recipe. How long should this cake soak? The recipe Chef Kzaz created for us soaks overnight in the refrigerator.