A Tres leches cake is really a sponge cake, a butter cake—soaked in three types of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and high cream. When butter sits dormant, the tres leches is an extremely light cake, with lots of air bubbles. This distinct texture is the reason why it doesn't possess a saturated consistency, despite being drenched in a combination of three kinds of milk. The wedding cake is extremely popular in lots of areas of South America. The origins from the tres leches are disputed. The concept for developing a cake drenched inside a liquid is most likely of European origin.
Following a same recipe for that cake, but soaking it in a combination of water, rum or brandy, and sugar, it's known as pastel borracho (drunk cake). It's popular throughout Mexico and Guatemala within this form. Within the Caribbean, cream of coconut is from time to time used rather of condensed milk. As with the pastel borracho, rum may also be added. Additionally, fruit or nuts are put in some recipes, in addition to many other sorts of alcohol. Cherries are most generally utilized as decoration, but other fruits or berries are occasionally used rather.
Since roughly 2000, the wedding cake is becoming extremely popular in Albania and it is a prevalent restaurant dessert item. It is almost always offered as "tre lee", reflecting the frequent removal of the ultimate s in colloquial Spanish. The Albanian version generally adds a layer of caramel to the top cake.