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Rasmalai Milk Cake

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Rasmalai Milk Cake - Of all the milk cake recipes out there, the Ras Malai version has to be the most delicious. This is a recipe for the BEST Ras Malai Tres Leches Cake/Milk Cake infused with a three milk cardamom and saffron syrup. The cake itself is light and it just melts in the mouth!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Baking, Baking/Dessert, Dessert
Cuisine Indian, Indian fusion, Mexican
Servings 9
Calories 663 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 100 g Milk
  • 8 Saffron Strands
  • 140 g Plain Flour
  • 1 ¼ tsp Baking Powder
  • Pinch Salt
  • 5 Eggs Separated
  • 200 g Caster Sugar
  • ¾ tsp Ground Cardamom 

Milk Syrup

  • 410 g Evaporated Milk
  • 397 g Condensed Milk
  • 220 g Double Cream
  • 10 Saffron Strands
  • ½ tsp Ground Cardamom

Cream Topping

  • 480 g Double Cream
  • 3 tbsp Icing Sugar
  • Pistachios Slivered or crushed coarsely

Additional Syrup

  • 410 g Evaporated Milk
  • 397 g Condensed Milk
  • 220 g Double Cream
  • 5 - 10 Saffron Strands
  • ⅛ - ¼ tsp Ground Cardamom

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4 or 180 C.
  • Butter a casserole dish or deep oven tin (9 x 13 inches).
  • Soak Saffron strands in warm milk and set aside.
  • Combine the Plain Flour, Baking Powder, Cardamom and Salt in a large bowl.
  • Separate eggs and place egg whites and yolks in separate bowls.
  • In a second bowl, beat the egg whites for 1 minute before adding 50g of the sugar and beating for another minute.
  • Continue to beat for 1 – 2 minutes until soft peaks are formed.
  • In a third bowl, beat egg yolks with remaining sugar for 2 minutes.
  • Add the milk to the egg yolk mixture and whisk to combine.
  • Add the flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture slowly.
  • Add yolk mixture on top of whites. Fold in gently.
  • Pour into greased tin/dish and bake for 25 – 30 minutes.
  • Make the Milk Syrup by combining the 3 milks in a large bowl or jug. Add cardamom and saffron and mix to combine.
  • Whisk Cream with sugar until slightly thickened.
  • Once Cake has cooled, pierce all over with a fork and drizzle in the milk.
  • Leave for 30 minutes.
  • Beat the cream with sugar and either pipe or spread over the top.
  • Make the additional syrup and serve cake with syrup in bowl.
  • Top with Pistachios.

Notes

How long does Rasmalai Tres Leches cake last? 

Tres leches cake can be made 4 days ahead. The cake should be covered and stored in the fridge.
You can add the cream on the day you make the cake or on the day of serving.

Can Rasmalai Milk Cake be frozen?

Ras Malai Milk Cake can be made ahead of time and frozen as long as you make it without the syrup and decoration. 
To do this - 
Let the cake to cool to room temperature.
Cover the baking tin in 2 layers of cling film and freeze for up to 2 months.
When you are ready to serve it, thaw in the fridge over night. 
Poke holes all over the cake and add the syrup and deco as normal the following day. 
You will not be able to freeze the cake once the syrup has been poured into the cake!

Expert Tips

Be gentle

Mix batter with a gentle hand as the cake is meant to be light and airy. Overmixing will make it tough. Do not overmix the batter once you add the dry ingredients. That will result in a

Let the Cake rest

The cake tastes best after resting for 4 - 5 hours as it will have time to absorb all the milk syrup. 

Saffron

Break the saffron between your fingers and either warm lightly first or warm one of the milks up first before adding it to the syrup.

Store Brought Cake Mixes

Store brought cake mixes won’t work here as they tend not to absorb the milk syrup without becoming soggy.

Madeira Cake

To make a super quick version, make the recipe with store brought Madeira Cake instead of baking the cake yourself. 

Pour the syrup into a flat surface

Flip the cake upside down before pouring the milk syrup into the cake. This means you have a flat surface to begin with. 

Full Fat everything

Use full fat Milk and Evaporated Milk in the milk syrup for best flavour. Also don’t be tempted to use a lighter condensed milk.

Nutrition

Calories: 663kcalCarbohydrates: 68gProtein: 14gFat: 38gSaturated Fat: 23gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 208mgSodium: 224mgPotassium: 446mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 56gVitamin A: 1520IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 359mgIron: 2mg
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