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Default Tres Leche Cake Questions

PickyJaz wrote:
> I intend to make this three milks cake for the first time after
> searching to come up with what appears to be an excellent recipe.
> Question one is might it freeze well. I may want to make two at a
> time and freeze one for another days' giving.


To my knowledge, it cannot be successfully frozen with the milk mixture
already added.


> Question two is can a
> heavy cream frosting be made that will allow no more than a half-inch
> thickness that will stay up the sides as well as over the top and not
> just "melt away" into the cake? If so, how?


You could bulk it up with gelatin, but even that wont guarantee your
whipped cream frosting will stay put. It will all just melt away
eventually. However, tres leches cake is a sheet cake served from the
pan. It has no sides for frosting to stay on.