Receta · Albania & Kosovo

Trileçe

Three-milk cake

⏱ 1.5 h + chilling🍽 Serves 12

A light sponge soaked in three milks and topped with caramel. It became hugely popular across the Albanian world in recent decades.

Trileçe
Photo: Bdx, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Përbërësit

Ingredients

  • 5 eggs, 150 g sugar, 150 g flour, 1 tsp baking powder
  • Soak: 400 ml milk, 1 can (about 400 g) sweetened condensed milk, 200 ml cream
  • Caramel: 150 g sugar, 200 ml cream

Përgatitja

Method

  1. Beat the eggs and sugar until pale and thick. Fold in the flour and baking powder.
  2. Bake in a lined tray at 180 °C (350 °F) for 20–25 minutes.
  3. Whisk the three milks and pour over the warm cake, poking holes so it soaks in.
  4. Melt the sugar to amber, carefully whisk in the cream and pour over the cake.
  5. Chill for at least 4 hours.

Video

Watch it made

Videos are by independent Albanian cooks on YouTube. Their method may differ from ours.

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