Alton Brown's Tres Leches

I've shared a Tres Leces cake recipe previously and teased with the notion that Team Matos had another recipe that we like better. Well... here it is! The All Star helped make one for Coach's birthday earlier this week.

Tres Leches
Alton Brown
The Line Up

Cake:
Vegetable Oil
6 3/4 oz cake flour, plus extra for pan (this turns out to about 1 1/2 cups plus the extra for the pan)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt

4 oz unsalted butter, room temperature

8 oz sugar (this is about 1 cup)

5 whole eggs

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Glaze:

1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk

1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

1 c half-and half

Topping:

2 c heavy cream

8 oz sugar (again, 1 cup)

1 tsp vanilla extract

The Game Plan
Cake
Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly oil and flour a 13x9" metal pan and set aside. Whisk together the cake flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl and set aside. Place the butter into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed until fluffy, approximately 1 minute. Decrease the speed to low and with the mixer still running, gradually add the sugar over 1 minute. Stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl, if necessary. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and mix to throughly combine. Add the vanilla extract and mix to combine. Add the flour mixture to the batter in 3 batches and mix just until combined. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and spread evenly. This will appear to be a very small amount of the batter. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the cake is lightly goden and reaches an internal temperature of 200 F. Remove the cake pan to a cooling rack and allow to cool for 30 minutes. Poke the top of the cake all over with a skewer or fork. Allow the cake to cool compeletely and then prepare the glaze.

Glaze:
Whisk together the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and half-and-half in a 1-qt measuring cup. Once combined, pour the glaze over the cake. Cover and refrigerate the cake overnight.

Topping:
Place the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the whisk attachment, whisk together on low until stiff peaks are formed. Change to medium speed and whisk until thick. Spread the topping over the cake and allow to chil in the refrigerator until ready to serve

Coach's Post Game Conference
This recipe makes the most delicious Tres Leches cake we have found! We have discovered that it's actually better to let the cake sit for closer to 48 hours than just "overnight" as it becomes more and more moist as it sits.

Final Score:
This is always a home run for everyone in the batting order each time it's made!!

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