Recipe highlights

Total cooking time:

1 hour

Category:

Oral Nutritional Supplements - Children

Servings:

10

Ingredients**

  • 4 eggs
  • 200g butter at room temperature 
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder

For the milk soaking liquid:

  • 100ml sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 x 200mls bottle of Fortini Smoothie Multi Fibre 
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • Pinch of cinnamon
  • 1tsp of vegetable oil
Tres leches cake, typical Latin American dessert, is made of condensed milk, evaporated milk and milk cream

Method

  1. In a bowl, whisk together butter, sugar, and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Tip: If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can use a handheld mixer or wooden spoon. 
  2. Add the eggs one at a time, beating the mix in between each egg. 
  3. Fold in the flour and baking powder.
  4. Oil a 20cm rectangle or square tin with vegetable oil. 
  5. Pour in the mixture and spread out evenly. Smooth the top with a knife. 
  6. Bake at 170°C for 35-40 minutes. The cake is ready when a skewer is inserted into the centre and comes out clean and the top is golden. 
  7. Whilst the cake is baking, in a jug mix together the sweetened condensed milk, Fortini Smoothie Multi Fibre and cinnamon
  8. Leave the cake in the tin to cool for 10 minutes. Then ease a knife around the sides, poke holes in the top with a skewer and then pour over the mixture from the jug. Leave to soak for 5 minutes.
  9. Once the cake is cooled, dust with icing sugar, slice and serve. 
  10. Chef's tips:
  11. Serve with fresh fruit, whipped cream or ice-cream
  12. Store any left over cake in the fridge

Allergens may be present, please check individual product and ingredient labels. If concerned about allergens please contact your healthcare professional.

Fortini Compact Multi Fibre is a Food for Specialised Medical Purposes for the dietary management of disease related malnutrition and growth failure in children from one year onwards, and must be used under medical supervision.

380 kcal
5g protein

The nutritional information indicated in this recipe is provided as a guide only. Please check the nutritional information on individual ingredients and food labels.

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