Cuatro Leches Vanilla Mantecado Cake, anyone have the recipe?

Cuatro Leches


Vanilla Mantecada Cake





Vanilla Mantecada Cake





Ingredients


3 cups all purpose flour


1 ½ teaspoons baking powder


1/4 teaspoon of salt


1 cup unsalted butter


2 cups sugar


4 large eggs


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


1 cup milk


8'; parchment paper liner


8” cake pan





Procedure


Preheat the oven to 350F


1. Sift baking powder, flour and salt.


Cream butter in the mixer with the


paddle attachment until very fluffy.


2. Add the sugar gradually until is


all incorporated. Add one egg at


a time, until blended using speed


#1. Continue to mix, add vanilla


extract, add 1/3 of flour mixture into


the batter.


3. Add ½ cup of milk, then half of


the left over flour mix, then the rest


of milk, then the remaining flour until


fully incorporated for about 1


minute or less, do not over mix


4. Pour batter into an 8” buttered


cake pan mold lined with


parchment paper


5. Place in lower 3rd rack of heated


oven and bake for 55 to 70 minutes


until the center of the cake springs


back when touched and the sides


come apart from the mold. It will


smell done, when ready.





Dulce De Leche


(Arequipe, Manjar Blanco)





Ingredients


1 Can of Eagle


Condensed Milk





Procedure


1. Boil the unopened can in a water


bath inside a large cylinder strainer for


2 hours at medium high fire.


2. Carefully flip the can upside down


every 45 minutes, while boiling.


3. Remove can from water, allow to


cool off then open


Make sure you always maintain the


can at least 2/3 covered with water


or it may explode.





Caramelized Meringue





Ingredients


2 cups of Sugar


1 Tablespoon of Lemon juice


1 cup egg whites


½ teaspoon of vanilla extract


4 oz of water


Blow torch assembly





Procedure


1. In small sauce pan, with a candy


thermometer, bring water and sugar


to softball level. Temperature 240 F.


2. In a electric mixer bowl beat the


egg whites until soft peaks form,


using the whip attachment.


3. Add the sugar syrup slowly at


medium speed. Once is all


incorporated, bring the speed up to


high, add lemon juice and vanilla,


then mix well until hard peaks form.





3 Leches Sauce





Ingredients


2 cups evaporated milk


2 cups condensed milk


2 cups whipping cream





Procedure


Whisk all ingredients


together and refrigerate





Arequipe Sauce





Ingredients


1 cup dulce de leche


1/2 cup warmed whole milk





Procedure


Whisk all ingredients


together and refrigerate








Cake Assembly





Ingredients


1 8” baked and cooled


mantecada cake


1 cup of 3 leches sauce


3/4 cup Arequipe Sauce


1 recipe of Meringue


Powder sugar for dusting


Blow torch, knife, sifter,


spatula, cake card board,


cake platter





Procedure


1. Turn cake onto a card board


and remove parchment paper


2. Slice cake upside down in 3


even layers, use toothpicks to


guide your knife


3. Pierce each layer with a fork


4. Brush 6 oz. of 3 leches sauce


per layer, as you top the layers


and reassemble the cake


5. Ice cake with meringue using


a spatula, make sure to create


a


1/2 inch thick cover all around


the cake and finish with peaks


6. Torch the meringue until


golden brown, make sure not to


burn it


7. Drizzle Arequipe sauce and


dust with powder sugar





hope this helps. good luck and enjoy.