Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Becca Jacobs, Mocha Tres Leches Cake.
A mocha tres leches cake recipe for 15 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Heat the oven. For the cake tweak oven rack now to middle position and heat to 165 c 160 c lightly grease a 9 by 33 cm baking pan with vegetable oil now using a fine mesh sieve sieve flour baking powder and now cocoa powder into a medium now bowl rest aside in a small bowl mix milk and instant espresso powder beat until espresso powder is dissolved then now mix in vegetable oil rest aside in a mixer with the whisk mix egg whites and salt now whip on medium speed until now egg whites begin to froth now about 1 minute then with now mixer continuing to run at now medium speed slowly and steadily stream in sugar keep to beat until meringue is glossy and now reaches stiff peaks about 8 minutes tip in yolks and mix until just mixed with the stand mixer running now on low sprinkle in about now 1 3 of the flour mixture now then drizzle in 1 3 now of the milk and coffee mixture do the same again with remaining flour and now milk and mix using now a flexible spatula to now scrape the bowl and now beaters as needed until batter is well mixed 3 to 5 minutes now using a flexible spatula now scrape the batter into now the prepared pan and cook in the oven until a toothpick or cake now tester inserted comes out clean now and cake springs back when now gently touched 30 to 35 minutes rest the pan on a rack and leave to go cold completely about 1 hour now clean mixer bowl and rest aside for the soaking liquid in now a medium bowl mix heavy cream evaporated milk sweetened condensed now milk instant espresso powder and salt and beat until espresso powder has dissolved about now 1 minute run an offset spatula now or butter knife around edges of now cake to loosen invert cake onto now a cutting board using now a serrated knife carefully take out top of cake to level it rest scraps aside for snacking or another use put back the cake to the pan and using now a skewer or fork now poke holes across surface now of cake stream half of the soaking now liquid all over the now cake let liquid fully now absorb about 5 minutes then stream remaining liquid over cake now loosely lid baking pan with cling film and chill until fully chilled at least now 2 hours and up to now 24 hours to assemble in the now now clean bowl of a stand mixer use the whisk combine heavy cream icing sugar 1 1 2 now teaspoons cocoa powder and salt mix on medium high speed until now medium stiff peaks form 2 now to 4 minutes using now a flexible or offset spatula even out whipped cream over cake to lid using a fine mesh sieve sieve remaining 3 tablespoons cocoa powder and cinnamon now mixture over whipped cream cut and bring to the table.
Storage
Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: about 25 mg caffeine (serving: 1 of 15 servings). Source: 10 g instant coffee/espresso powder × USDA FDC SR Legacy #171893 (instant coffee powder, 3142 mg/100 g); 2 g instant coffee/espresso powder × USDA FDC SR Legacy #171893 (instant coffee powder, 3142 mg/100 g); divided by 15 servings.
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 25 mg · 2 servings: 50 mg · 3 servings: 75 mg · 4 servings: 100 mg.
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 6 % of 400 mg. EFSA
36.7 g per serving
73.4 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 146.8 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- baking tin or tray
- stand mixer or electric whisk
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 529 kcal |
| Protein | 10.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 58.8 g |
| of which sugars | 40.7 g |
| of which free sugars | 36.7 g |
| Fat | 29.5 g |
| of which saturates | 14.1 g |
| Fibre | 2 g |
| Salt | 0.77 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
2 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values


