Are you curious to see how everyone did with their tres leches cake?  They can be quite a challenge!  You need a certain consistency of sponge so the liquid doesn’t bounce off it!  And the right quantity of three kinds of milk to produce a cake that has been soaked but doesn’t disintegrate!  As for the taste, sweet but not too sweet?  Tres leches cakes are definitely a balancing act!  Now let’s appreciate the wonderful cakes everyone has made! 🙂

Chef Ruben’s tres leches cake – the inspiration for this challenge!

Link up to the tres leches party! So hello fellow tres leches cake-making friends!  Hope you had fun and didn’t get into a little panic like I did! 🙂  I can’t wait to see what you’ve made and I know we’d all love to read about each other’s milky masterpieces and adventures.  So please add the link to your tres leches post in the comments section below, plus any information (a few sentences) you’d like to have included here, like ‘Absolutely delicious!’  I’ll transfer the link and comment to the main body of this post so readers can find them more easily.  And if you don’t mind I’ll try posting a photo of your cake too next to the link? If ‘technology’ allows me!

Here’s a BEAUTIFUL CLASSIC TRES LECHES CAKE by DEBORAH of Circadian Reflections.

Copyright © 2015 Deborah M. Zajac. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

You can tell she’s a photographer can’t you?  Stunning!  Deborah reports the cake is delicious and the recipe easy, if you’d like to go over and check it out here!  The recipe she uses seems to be the classic go-to version, which is always great to know!  She also has a little story which involves a lucky work crew!  🙂

Here’s a photo and link for my ‘LIGHTER’ COCONUT, PINEAPPLE, LIME AND RUM TRES LECHES CAKE .  I had a few failures with dry sponges before succeeding.  I’ve discovered a very fine genoise sponge is a no-no because it doesn’t absorb milk well.  So I used granulated sugar instead of caster then added lime juice, creating a sponge with more ‘open pores’.   I forgot to pour the extra milks on and around the slice for the photo, which of course helps add that tres leches moisture!  The piña colada flavours were lovely but I’m pretty keen on trying all the other versions here!!! 🙂

Now here’s the link and photo for a very exciting ALLERGY-FRIENDLY COCONUT TRES LECHES CAKE from NINA of Healing with Food.  It’s beautiful and the raspberries will go really well with it!Great for all you guys who’d like a gluten and dairy-free version.  Hurray!  Nina uses gluten free baking flour, but do go over and visit her to find out how she made the three milks cake without milk and also uses coconut oil!

And the next version is a beautiful EXOTIC LEMONGRASS COCONUT TRES LECHES CAKE by Ten.times.tea.

This is such an interesting version, with the lemongrass that I’m sure we’d all love to experiment with now and the toasted black sesame seeds too!!!  Ten.times.tea also goes over the whole cake-making process really well.  Can’t wait to visit?!  Click on the name of her cake above, as for all the links!  🙂

Then comes the next photo and link for Sridevi’s super-moist-looking CLASSIC TRES LECHES CAKE with MILK CHOCOLATE TOPPING!!! over at Coconut craze.

I’m sure you’d love to visit Sridevi!  She has a great tip for making a sponge that soaks in the milks, and looking at the photo I’d say it works!  Really beautiful and moist!  Of course I love the addition of chocolate on top too! 🙂

This is one that Albert the Dog helped make!   Another beautifully moist version, a COCONUT TRES LECHES CAKE  with a TOUCH OF LIME! (article:  How to help your human bake a cake:  a guide for dogs).   Not only do you get a recipe but you can also enjoy reading about Albert’s hilarious adventures making the cake with his lady!  You really have to see the lovely photo of Albert the Dog with his chef’s hat!

It’s such a beautiful photo and cake!!  I’d say it looks very professional and I’m starting to crave a whipped cream topping after looking at this and some of the other tres leches cakes here!  There’s also a great idea involved for the topping, which gives it a little crunch!

Actually, every time I see everyone’s tres leches cakes I just go WOW!  And the first time you were making it too!  Impressive.  I’d like to make ALL the versions!  They look so yummy!

Who’s next? …  this space has your name on it! 🙂

P.S. If you’re suddenly inspired there’s an extended deadline for everyone – you can have the weekend to make the cake and just send a photo and comment to liliscakes@liliscakes.com or to the facebook page if you prefer not to write a post.  All tres leches cakes are welcome! 

BEAUTIFUL TRES LECHES CAKES FROM THE PAST!

P.P.S.  I’m going to include a photo of Naina’s TRES LECHES CAKELETS and link to the recipe at her blog Spice in the City.  Though Naina didn’t exactly participate in this challenge, I’m sure everyone will be happy to see her beautiful cakes.  Could not resist putting them here! 🙂And here’s a fabulous TRES LECHES CAKE with STRAWBERRIES from Linda of the Fabulous Fare Sisters! Linda made this just recently in April and reports that tres leches is the most delicious cake in the world and this one is a family favourite now!   She also has a great tip regarding vanilla beans!  Don’t forget to visit!  🙂

And if you haven’t made a tres leches cake yet, are you inspired?!  Remember what Linda said:

TRES LECHES IS THE MOST DELICIOUS CAKE IN THE WORLD!!!