This healthy tres leches cake is gluten-free and lower in calories than traditional recipe. It’s super light and soaked with a mixture of almond milk, coconut milk and maple syrup
Gluten-Free Tres Leches Cake
SashaThis healthy tres leches cake is gluten-free and lower in calories than traditional recipe.
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 12
Calories 210 kcal
Ingredients
CAKE:
- 1 cup oat flour, or ground oats
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 eggs
- 1.5 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
MILK MIXTURE:
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
FROSTING:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
- In a bowl, add the ground oats, cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Separate eggs in two different bowl.
- Add the sweetener and lemon juice to the egg whites and beat with a mixer for 3-4 minutes, until stiff peaks from.
- Add the sweetener and vanilla extract to the egg yolks and beat until pale and foamy.
- Sift the dry ingredients into the egg yolk mixture and stir until combined. Then add the milk and mix it in.
- Pour the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture and gently fold in with the spatula.
- Pour the cake batter into the greased baking dish and bake for 30 minutes at 340F (170C).
- Let it cool completely, then poke the holes using a fork.
- Combine the milks, heavy cream and maple syrup and pour over the cake.
- Let it soak and chill in the fridge overnight.
- Frost with a whipped cream and serve with fresh strawberries or dust with cinnamon and cocoa powder.
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Notes
-Any other liquid sweetner such as honey, agave or date syrup works too.
-Feel free to use different milks (soy milk, oat milk, rice milk, cashew milk, hemp milk, quinoa milk), with at least one part creamy (heavy cream or coconut cream).
Nutrition
Calories: 210kcalCarbohydrates: 19.8gProtein: 4.4gFat: 13.1g
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