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    Moist & Fluffy Ras Malai Tres Leches Cake

    Posted by Sarah Mirza on Jan 26, 2023 (Modified Nov 3, 2024) ยท 2 Comments

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    Moist & Fluffy Ras Malai Tres Leches Cake is a beautiful union between Ras Malai (Pakistani sweet) and Tres Leches cake (Spanish cake). This blogpost will explore everything you need to know about this fusion dessert. 

    WHAT IS RAS MALAI TRES LECHES CAKE?

    Moist & Fluffy Ras Malai Tres Leches Cake is a fusion Spanish-Pakistani/Indian cake. It is composed of chenna (an intermediate recipe of making paneer) and a delicious milk mixture, all with fresh pistachios and rose petals dazzled on top.

    side shot of the ras malai cake in a dessert plate.

    Tres Leches is a sponge cake soaked in three distinct kinds of milk. In an original twist, we are adding a sartorial Ras Malai milk and Ras Malai dumplings as well. The Indian/Pakistani dessert recipe is light, fluffy, and moist. It's a fusion of Ras Malai together with Tres Leches, and voila! We get Ras Malai Tres Cake. Please check out Gulab Jamun Cheesecake.

    INGREDIENTS

    • Ras malai- The star of this dessert; without Ras Malai there's no Ras Malai Tres Leches Cake. 
    • Milks- Mixing 3 types of Milk: evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, heavy whipping cream, and for the fusion flavor add milk from the Ras Malai.
    • Eggs- Always keep the yolk and the white separate, make sure the eggs are cold and NOT room temperature.
    • Dry Ingredients- Just roughly mix the dry ingredients together

    HOW TO MAKE THE SPONGE CAKE?

    • Whip the yolks - Use an electric hand mixer to get better results. Whip them until they are pale yellow in color and mix with sugar. 
    • Whip the whites- Keep the whites separately, whip them until they are stiff. Whip the whites using an electric hand mixer.  
    • Flour Mixture - Just add a few ingredients to the flour mixture and mix it together with a spoon. Lastly, be sure to sift  the flour. 

    HOW TO MAKE THE MILK MIXTURE?

    Mix evaporated milk, sweetened condense milk, heavy whipping cream, and the Ras Malai milk together.

    TIPS  

    1. Set up 3 Mixing bowls. It will be so easy to work with.
    2. Always use a clean and dry hand mixer to beat the egg yolks and whites. 
    3. After pouring yolk mixture over the flour mixture use a spatula. Gently and continuously fold.
    4. Use the fork to pierce all the cake. 
    5. Leave the cake on the counter for 60 minutes after taking it out of the oven. 
    6. After pouring the milk mixture when the cake cools down, let it sit overnight in the refrigerator.
    7. Always apply frosting and Ras Malai dumplings when ready to serve.
    8. The pan for this recipe can be about 8 in by 8 in or 9 in by 13 in. (I personally like to use a Pyrex dish with lid.)
    9. Butter the pan well so it won't stick to the bottom.

    HOW TO MAKE RAS MALAI TRES LECHES CAKE?

    Butter up the pan.
    Dry ingredients in a bowl.
    Sift the dry ingredients, set aside.
    In another bowl, add the yolks and sugar and mix them.
    Add Kewra, milk, milk from Ras Malai, vanilla extract, and mix them.
    Whites to another bowl, mix them.
    It should look like this then add some sugar, give it a mix again.
    Add yolk mixture into the dry mixture and fold it with a spatula.
    Until it look like this.
    Add in egg whites mixture and fold it with the spatula.
    It should look like this.
    Add the mixture to a pan, and bake it.
    After baking, let it rest for sometime on the counter.
    Pierce the surface all over with a fork.
    Make the milk mixture.
    Pour the milk mixture all across the cake. Let it sit in the refrigerator overnight.
    The next morning, make the frosting.
    Apply the frosting on the cake.
    Add the rasmalai dumplings on top.
    Garnish with rose petals and pistachios.
    Enjoy!
    ras malai tres leches cake in a pan with rose petals on the side in a bowl.

    HOW TO STORE IT AND HOW LONG IT LASTS?

    You can fully assemble and make a tres leches cake 1 to 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate overnight, place the Ras Malai and frosting just before serving.

    Hey Friend, Youโ€™ve made it this far, so now weโ€™re basically best friends! If you make this recipe, Iโ€™d love for you to give it a quick review & star rating โ˜… below. Make sure you follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

    Let's Make Ras Malai Tres Leches Cake!!!

    ras malai cake in a plate and a side shot of the cake.
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    Moist & Fluffy Ras Malai Tres Leches Cake

    Moist & Fluffy Ras Malai Tres Leches Cake is a beautiful union between Ras Malai (Pakistani sweet) and Tres Leches cake(Spanish cake).
    Prep Time15 minutes mins
    Cook Time30 minutes mins
    Resting Time8 hours hrs
    Total Time8 hours hrs 45 minutes mins
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Indian, Mexican, Pakistani, spanish
    Diet: Halal
    Keyword: cake desserts, fusion desserts, pakistani desserts, ras malai, Ras Malai Tres leches, ras malai tres leches cake
    Servings: 8 people
    Calories: 434kcal
    Author: Sarah Mirza

    Equipment

    • oven
    • electric hand mixer

    Ingredients

    • 1 tbsp butter to butter the pan

    Dry Ingredients

    • 1 cup all purpose flour
    • 1ยฝ tsp baking powder
    • ยผ tsp salt
    • ยผ tsp green cardamom powder

    Wet Ingredients

    • 5 egg whites
    • 5 egg yolks
    • 1 cup sugar divided
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • 2 tbsp milk from the ras malai
    • โ…“ cup whole milk
    • ยผ tsp kewra

    Milk Mixture

    • 9 oz sweetened condensed milk
    • 12 oz evaporated milk
    • ยพ cup ras malai milk
    • โ…“ cup heavy whipping cream

    Frosting

    • ยฝ cup heavy whipping cream
    • 5 tbsp powdered sugar

    Topping

    • 16 ras malai the dumplings

    Garnish

    • pistachios
    • edible rose petals

    Instructions

    • Thaw the Ras Malai.
    • Preheat the oven to 350.
    • Set up three mixing bowls.
    • Butter the Pan, Pan can be about 8 in by 8 in or 9 in by 13 in. (I personally like to use a Pyrex dish with lid.)
    • Separate egg whites and yolks into the other two mixing bowls.
    • In the third mixing bowl, sift together all purpose flour, baking powder, and salt.
    • Beat egg yolks with ยพ cup sugar with anย electric mixerย on high speed, until yolks are a pale yellow color.
    • Stir in โ…“ cup milk, kewra, milk from the ras malai and vanilla extract in egg yolk and sugar mixture, set aside.
    • Beat egg whites on high speed until soft peaks form.ย With the mixer on, pour in remaining ยผ cup sugar and beat on high speed until egg whites are stiff but not dry.
    • Pour egg yolk mixture over the flour mixture and combine gently with a spatula.
    • Gently fold in egg white mixture with theย spatulaย until just combined.
    • Pour batter into prepared pan and spread to even out the surface and bake at 350หšF for 30-35 minutes or test with toothpick comes out clean.
    • Take it out of the oven on the kitchen counter.
    • Leave it on the counter to cool down, it will take 60 minutes to cool the cake down.

    Milk Mixture

    • Combine โ…“ cup heavy whipping cream, evaporated milk, milk from the ras malai milk, and condensed milk.
    • When the cake is cool , pierce the surface all over with a fork.
    • Slowly drizzle the milk mixture over the cake.

    Frosting

    • Pour ยฝ cup cold heavy whipping cream and 5 Tbsp powdered sugar into a large mixing bowl and beat on high speed 1 ยฝ to 2 minutes or until thick, whipped and spreadable.

    Topping on the Cake

    • Spread over the cake with a spatula like shown in the video.
    • Take Ras Malai dumplings and place it on top of the frosting.
    • Garnish with rose petals and pistachios.

    Video

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cake | Calories: 434kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 171mg | Sodium: 291mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 701IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 256mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Amina Sundas says

      November 06, 2024 at 11:25 am

      5 stars
      The most fluffiest, smooth and rich Rasmalai Tres leches cake! Been making it for quite some time now and it has become a star dish of family gatherings!! Thank for sharing

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      • Sarah Mirza says

        November 06, 2024 at 1:30 pm

        Thank you so much means alot!!!<3

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