Eggless Rose Tres Leches Cake to celebrate Christmas
This cake has a soft and ultra-moist crumb. It is soaked with 3 milk mixture that is a evaporated milk, condensed milk, heavy cream. Rooh afza gives it a pinkish hue with a fragrance of a rose. Finally topped with a lightly sweetened whipped cream & garnished with pistachios & rose petals. Added sprinklers to make it more festive.
Ingredients: For the cake: · All-purpose flour (maida) – 1 ½ cups · Baking powder – 1 tsp · Curd – 1 cup · Baking soda – ½ tsp · Castor sugar – ¾ cup · Vegetable 0il – ½ cup ¼ tsp · Kewra extract – ¼ tsp · Rooh Afza - 1 tbsp · Red food colour (optional)
For Soaking (Rose Milk):
· Condensed milk – ½ cup
· Fresh cream – ½ cup
· Milk – 1 ½ cup
· Rooh afza - 4 tbsp
For topping:
· Whipping cream
· Chopped pista
· Dried rose petals
· Sprinklers
Method: · Take curd in a mixing bowl and add baking soda. Give it a good mix and let it rest for 5 minutes. It will turn frothy. · Take a mixing bowl add sugar and oil, give it a good mix with a balloon whisk. Try to incorporate more air in it. · Now add the frothy curd mixture, kewra extract, rooh afza and give a good mix. · Sift in maida along with baking powder. · Now fold in all the ingredients slowly, but do not overmix it. Mix it until the batter is of a smooth consistency. · At this stage you may add food colour, but it’s completely optional. · Now pre heat the oven and pour the above batter in 8*9-inch greased baking tray, lined with a parchment paper. With this portion I could make two Xmas trees. · Bake the cake at 180 degrees Celsius for 25-30 minutes or until the cake is baked properly. Prick a toothpick to check. It should come out clean. · Keep the rose milk ready by mixing the condensed milk, fresh cream, milk and rooh afza. · Once the cake is still warm prick it with a fork all over the cake and pour the rose milk. The cake will absorb the rose milk and make the cake very soft. Now refrigerate the cake for 30 minutes. · Now you can top the cake with whipped cream, again refrigerate again for 30 minutes. Allow the cream to set well. · Now garnish your cake with chopped pista and dried rose petals or sprinklers of your choice. · Serve the cake chilled with little rose milk in the Dessert plate.
