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Trileçe

Name: Trileçe
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Albania
Ingredients: 4 Egg; 100g Granulated sugar; 100g All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 300ml Milk; 200ml Heavy Cream; 150g Sweetened condensed milk; 80g (for caramel) Sugar; 2 tbsp Water

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Sponge cake soaked in three kinds of milk and topped with caramel — a hugely popular cake in Albania.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Trileçe is Latin America's tres leches, which reached the Balkans via Turkey; in Albania it spread rapidly from the 2000s and is now a staple at every pastry shop. The Albanian way is to soak a fluffy sponge with milk, cream, and condensed milk and pour bittersweet caramel over the top.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Tirana pastry shop's display case, caramel-colored squares of cake line up, eaten with espresso on café terraces.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Egg 4
Granulated sugar 100g
All-purpose flour 100g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Milk 300ml
Heavy Cream 200ml
Sweetened condensed milk 150g
Sugar 80g (for caramel)
Water 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Beat the eggs and sugar until pale and thick, then fold in the sifted flour and baking powder.
Pour into a square pan and bake at 180°C for 25 minutes.
Mix the milk, 100ml cream, and condensed milk, poke holes in the hot cake with a skewer, and pour over evenly.
Chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours to soak.
Caramelize the sugar and water in a pan until brown, add the remaining cream to make caramel, cool, and pour over the top.

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