Chili Cook Off: 3 Recipes to Spice Up Your Life

Step 4 Dessert! Bizcocho Tres Leche with Mango Salsa Sorbet

What? Bizcocho Tres Leche and Mango Salsa sorbet. What kinda gourmet shit is this?

Well, it's simply three milk cake with some mango salsa frozen. Easy!

Here's the recipe for the cake:

Bizcocho Tres Leche

Milk Mixture

• 1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
• 1 12oz can evaporated milk
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Cake

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 stick unsalted butter
• 1 cup whole milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

Frosting

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 tbs corn syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

1) Pour condensed milk into large microwave safe bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave on low power, stirring every 3-5 minutes until slightly darkened and thickened, 9-15 minutes. Remove from microwave and add the rest of the milk mixture ingredients and allow to cool to room temp.

2) Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat to 325. Grease and flour 13x9in baking pan. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in bowl. Heat butter and milk in small sauce pan over low heat until butter is melted; set aside off heat.

3) With electric mixer on med speed, beat eggsin large bowlfor about 30 seconds, then slowly add sugar until incorporated. Increase to med-hi speed until egg mixture very thick and glossy, 5-7 min. Reduce to slow speed and mix in the melted butter and vanilla. Add the flour mixture in three additions, scraping down bowl as necessary, then mix at med speed until fully incorporated. scoop into pan and bake 30-35 mintutes. test with toothpick. Let cool on wire rack for 10 min.

4) Using skewer, poke holes at 1/2 in. intervals in cake and pour milk mixture over top until fully absorbed. Let sit for 15 min, then cool uncovered 3-24 hours in fridge.

5) Remove cake from fridge 30 min before serving. With mixer on med speed beat cream, corn syrup, and vanilla to soft peaks. Frost and serve in 3in squares.

For the Mango Salsa Sorbet, I made up a mango salsa of mangos, kiwi, green onion, jalapenos, lime juice, salt and chopped cilantro. I pureed it and then following a general sorbet recipe, put that stuff in an ice cream maker.

General Sorbet Recipe

• 3 parts fruit puree
• 1 part simple syrup, chilled

For more info on the ingredients and the simple syrup, check out my Mango Salsa Sorbe blog post.