Tres Leches Cupcakes
Did you know that these are also known as three milk cupcakes? In fact, “Tres Leches” means three milk in Spanish! This is a dense, wet cupcake that’s best eaten with a fork.
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Ingredients
Ingredients for Cupcakes:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup salted butter slightly softened
- 1 ¾ cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 egg whites
- ⅔ cup heavy whipping cream
- ⅔ cup milk
- Muffin Cups
3 Milk Ingredients:
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup strawberry preserves
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
- Used Wilton Tip 32
Instructions
How to Make the Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Line muffin tin with paper or foil muffin cups.
- In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside
- In a mixing bowl, beat butter for about 30 seconds. Add sugar and vanilla and beat well.
- Add egg whites and beat well on high speed.
- Alternate dry flour mixture with cream and milk, beating on low speed just until combined.
- Spoon batter into prepared cupcake pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow cupcakes to cool before frosting.
Directions for Topping:
- In a large bowl whisk the heavy whipping cream, evaporated milk and condensed milk ingredients together.
- Next, poke holes into the cupcakes with a fork. Slowly pour milk onto each cupcake until it’s almost to the top and completely absorbed by the cake.
- Now, spoon a small amount of preserves onto the top of the cupcake.
- Next, in a mixing bowl, beat together heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar until stiff. Place into a piping bag with a star tip and pipe onto prepared cupcakes.
- Your cupcakes are now ready to serve!
Notes
Because this recipe contains milk, you must refrigerate any leftover cupcakes.
Nutrition
Serving: 24
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