Name: Tres leches cake with roasted peaches
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 14 - 20
Ingredients: Butter, for greasing; 240 gm plain flour, sifted; 1½ tsp baking powder; 5 eggs; 210 gm caster sugar; Scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean; 450 ml milk; 395 gm canned condensed milk; 400 ml canned evaporated milk; Whipped cream and maraschino cherries, to serve; Roasted peaches; 5 peaches, cut into thin wedges; 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped; 55 gm (¼ cup) caster sugar; Juice of ½ lime

Tres leches cake with roasted peaches

Triple the milk, triple the delight. This Latin American go-to is so light and fluffy, you'll be making it again and again.

Serves 14 - 20

Prep

30M

Cook

Total

1H 30M

This chilled Latin American cake combines three kinds of milk – evaporated, condensed, and whole – and makes a fine match with early summer fruit. And on a day where so much happens at the last moment, it’s a blessing to have dessert ready to go in the fridge

Ingredients

Butter, for greasing

240 gm plain flour, sifted

1½ tsp baking powder

5 eggs

210 gm caster sugar

Scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean

450 ml milk

395 gm canned condensed milk

400 ml canned evaporated milk

Whipped cream and maraschino cherries, to serve

Roasted peaches

5 peaches, cut into thin wedges

1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped

55 gm (¼ cup) caster sugar

Juice of ½ lime

Method

1.Preheat oven to 175°C and butter a 20cm x 30cm baking dish. Sift flour, baking powder and ¼ tsp salt into a bowl. Whisk eggs and sugar in an electric mixer until thick and pale (7-8 minutes). Fold in flour mixture in batches, then vanilla and 50ml milk until smooth. Spoon batter into prepared dish and bake until golden and a skewer inserted withdraws clean (25-30 minutes). Prick cake all over with a skewer.

2.Whisk condensed milk, evaporated milk and remaining milk in a jug to combine well, then pour evenly over cake. Cool cake to room temperature (1-1½ hours), then cover and refrigerate to soak (4 hours or overnight).

3.For roasted peaches, preheat oven to 200°C. Spread peach wedges on a baking tray lined with baking paper, add vanilla, sprinkle with sugar and squeeze over lime juice. Toss to coat and roast until golden and caramelised (20-25 minutes). Cool.

4.Cut cake into squares, top each square with whipped cream and a cherry, and serve with roasted peaches.