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Individual Tres Leches Cakes with Cognac and Dark Chocolate

Paula Kittelson
Updated Aug 27, 2012
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Mason jars act as the perfect individual serving dishes for our tres leches cake with cognac and dark chocolate.

Individual Tres Leches Cakes with Cognac and Dark Chocolate

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 4 hr 30 min
  • Servings 8
  • Ingredients 13
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Ingredients

Cakes

  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 8 half-pint mason jars with lids

Tres Leches Filling

  • 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup cognac

Garnish

  • 4 oz dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
  • 8 Bing or maraschino cherries with stems

Sweetened Whipped Cream

  • 1 3/4 cups very cold whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray; line bottom of pan with cooking parchment paper.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, beat eggs and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium-high speed at least 10 minutes or until mixture is fluffy and pale yellow and triples in volume. With spatula, gently but quickly incorporate flour, in 3 to 4 additions, into egg mixture. Pour batter into pan.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake about 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Poke entire cake with fork; cool in pan on cooling rack. With 2-inch round cutter, cut cake into rounds; reserve scraps.
  • Step 
    4
    In medium bowl, mix filling ingredients with whisk until well blended.
  • Step 
    5
    To assemble, place 1 cake round in bottom of each mason jar. Top each with 1/4 cup filling and about 1 tablespoon chopped chocolate. Repeat layers once. Cover jars with lids. Refrigerate at least 3 hours but not longer than 24 hours.
  • Step 
    6
    In chilled medium bowl, beat 1 3/4 cups whipping cream, the powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Top each cake with whipped cream and 1 cherry.

Nutrition

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