# Nicaraguan Recipes/Tres Leches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicaraguan-recipes-tres-leches/102372>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicaraguan-recipes-tres-leches/102372 "2002-04-07T21:54:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Azure\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Azure\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azure_Eternity)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicaraguan-recipes-tres-leches/102372/1 "2002-04-07T21:54:08Z")

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For Spanish class, I have to find and make a Nicaraguan speciality. An Google search returns a few meat dishes, as well as one type of cake - Tres Leches. Seems easy enough, but I’m bombarded by the myriad recipes. Does anybody have a tried and true recipe for it or another simple Nicaraguan recipe? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicaraguan-recipes-tres-leches/102372/2 "2002-04-07T23:42:51Z")

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I used to work for a restaurant that served Mexican/Central American dishes, and one of the things I made on a regular basis was Tres Leches Cake. Unfortunately, the recipe I used takes two days of prepping everything before you can serve it, so it’s probably more difficult than you’ll want to do for class.

A simple way to do Tres Leches cake is to soak store-bought pound-cake (trim off the crusts) with the 3-milk mixture (I used a combination of condensed milk, evaporated milk, and whole milk), and top cake with homemade whipped cream.  
I don’t know if you’ve been by this page. It seems full of other recipes: [http://www.deliciousindia.com/InternationalRecipes/central\_america.htm#Recipes%20from%20Nicaragua](http://www.deliciousindia.com/InternationalRecipes/central_america.htm#Recipes%20from%20Nicaragua)

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicaraguan-recipes-tres-leches/102372/3 "2002-04-08T01:51:37Z")

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We just recently had a discussion on tres leches, including a personal recipe:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106019](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=106019)

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**Author:** ![Azure\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Azure\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azure_Eternity)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicaraguan-recipes-tres-leches/102372/4 "2002-04-08T23:08:47Z")

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Thanks for the link, **Earthling**. With a forum as large as this, I guess pretty much everything has been discussed at some time or another. I really need to learn how to use the search thing - I never get any good results.  
I did see that page, but thanks for looking, **JavaMaven1**.