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Tres Leches Cake (Better Than Abuelos) Recipe

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This recipe for Tres Leches Cake (Better Than Abuelos) is from THE HORNER FAMILY COOKBOOK The 75th Anniversary Edition, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
6 eggs separated
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
6 T. milk
1/4 cup melted butter
4 tsp. vanilla
4 tsp. baking powder
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1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 12 oz. can evaporated milk
1 cup half and half
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4 oz. cream cheese
2 cups heavy cream
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Grease and flour a 9x13 cake pan. Beat egg whites until fluffy, gradually beat in sugar until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in flour, milk, eggs, butter, vanilla and baking flour. Bake until brown and crusty on top-no more than 30 minutes. Let cake cool.

Mix the three milks together. Poke holes in cake and pour half of the milk mixture onto cake.

Mix together softened cream cheese, heavy cream and vanilla until it is of frosting like consistency.

To serve, top individual slices with reserved milk mixture and strawberries to your liking.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Nancy Terry is the daughter of Elizabeth Ann "Pan" Terry and the late Kent Terry. "Pan" is the daughter of Robert Cowdrey Horner. Robert Cowdrey was the son of Robert Carson Horner.

 

 

 

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