Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Get the recipe for Almond and Rum Tres Leches Cake here: bit.ly/43srlCn
Tres leches, or “three milks” cake, is a beloved merger of light, spongey cake soaked with sweetened milk.
It’s also milk on milk on milk, so, it tastes like milk. We wanted to preserve the mildness, while layering subtle flavors in the crumb, the milk, and the topping.
First, Chris Kimball is adding almond flour to the AP, which adds a more tender texture and a faint, nutty backbone. Then, he’s taking inspiration from rompope, a rum-spiked Mexican holiday drink, and adding rum and a few warming spices to the soaking liquid. And finally, a little sour cream to wake up the light, fluffy topping. The flavors play off of each other without detracting from the milk, which is still the main event.
0:00 How to make almond and rum tres leches cake
0:39 How to make the cake for tres leches
2:09 How to make the soaking liquid for tres leches
2:27 What is the history of evaporated milk?
3:05 What are the three milks in tres leches?
3:30 How to soak a tres leches cake
3:58 How to make whipped cream
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Get the recipe for Almond and Rum Tres Leches Cake here: bit.ly/43srlCn
Tres leches, or “three milks” cake, is a beloved merger of light, spongey cake soaked with sweetened milk.
It’s also milk on milk on milk, so, it tastes like milk. We wanted to preserve the mildness, while layering subtle flavors in the crumb, the milk, and the topping.
First, Chris Kimball is adding almond flour to the AP, which adds a more tender texture and a faint, nutty backbone. Then, he’s taking inspiration from rompope, a rum-spiked Mexican holiday drink, and adding rum and a few warming spices to the soaking liquid. And finally, a little sour cream to wake up the light, fluffy topping. The flavors play off of each other without detracting from the milk, which is still the main event.
0:00 How to make almond and rum tres leches cake
0:39 How to make the cake for tres leches
2:09 How to make the soaking liquid for tres leches
2:27 What is the history of evaporated milk?
3:05 What are the three milks in tres leches?
3:30 How to soak a tres leches cake
3:58 How to make whipped cream
#milkstreetrecipe #milkstreetbakes #milkstreetdesserts #dessert #dessertrecipe #cake #cakerecipe #tresleches #recipe #easyrecipe #food #baking
