Thursday, January 6, 2011

Tres Leches



Tres Leches Cake is named for the three milks in the soaking liquid (Leche means milk in Spanish.) The three milks in the soaking sauce for Tres Leches has three types of milk, they are:
  •  sweetened condensed milk
  • evaporated milk 
  •  heavy cream.
The heavy cream is also whipped up to use as the topping.Tres Leches Cake is extremely dense and moist, almost like a custard.
Tres Leche is a diferent kind of cake this cake is fluffy and soft =)

Apple Pie

                                               

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 8 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored and sliced

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degree F.
  2. Melt the butter in a saucepan.
  3. Stir in flour to form a paste.
  4. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil.
  5. Reduce temperature and let simmer.
  6. Place the bottom crust in your pan.
  7. Fill with apples, mounded slightly.
  8. Cover with a lattice work crust.
  9. Gently pour the sugar and butter liquid over the crust.
  10. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.
  11. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven.
  12. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F.
  13. Continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.
  14. Enjoy the best apple pie you've ever eaten! =D