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    Gingerbread (but not as you know it)

    Oct 26, 2023 6 minutes

    Gingerbread tres leches cake

    Tres leches is a Mexican cake soaked in a trio of sweetened milks, then topped with whipped cream. Here, we’ve given it a festive twist using ginger and cinnamon.

    SERVES 10-12 PREP 30 mins plus cooling and at least 2 hrs chilling COOK 40 mins EASY V

    flavourless oil, for the tin
    4 eggs, separated
    200g muscovado sugar
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    200g plain flour
    1 tsp baking powder
    1½tsp ground ginger
    1 tsp ground cinnamon, plus a pinch
    100ml milk
    410g can evaporated milk
    200ml sweetened condensed milk, plus 2 tbsp
    300ml double cream

    Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Oil a 23cm springform cake tin that’s at least 6cm deep and line the base with baking parchment. Put the egg whites in a large bowl with a pinch of salt, and beat using an electric whisk until foamy, about 3 mins. Slowly add 150g of the sugar, a spoonful at a time, whisking continuously

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