tres leches
Three-milk Latin dessert
Tres leches is a Latin American cake soaked in three kinds of milk—typically evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.
The result is dense, moist, and intensely sweet.
The name is Spanish for "three milks": We ordered the tres leches for dessert.
- milkMammalian nursing fluid
- moistSlightly wet
- dessertSweet course after dinner
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- sweetTasting of sugar
sweet treat · condensed milk · evaporated milk · flan · soft · lava cake · cream · pastel · soaking · leche · birthday · birthday cake · heavenly · dulce · whipped · frosting · Mexican · bakery
- world dessertsbeignet, churro, gelato, baklava, stroopwafel
- cakesbirthday cake, wedding cake, layer cake, chocolate cake, pound cake
- dessertscake, cookies, pie, cupcakes, pudding
- Latin foodtacos, tamales, burritos, quesadilla, nachos
- Caribbean cuisinemofongo, tostones, plantains, lechon, sofrito
- Central American foodpupusas, tamales, tortillas, arroz con pollo, picadillo
moisture/texture
tres lechesdry cake
Dessert lacking moisture
angel food cake · biscotti · pound cake · shortbread · sponge cake
dairy content
tres lechesfruit sorbet
Churned ice, plant-based
coconut cake · fruit cake · dark chocolate · angel food cake
lecherous, lechery, lecher, dulce de leche, tres, lecherously