​Eggless Mango Phalsa Tres Leches Cake … a bowl of deliciousness

​Eggless Mango Phalsa Tres Leches Cake … moist, flavourful and soooo good! With pretty little phalsas that showed up in the local market,  I quickly drew up plans for a tres leches. After all, what’s not to love about a milk soaked eggless sponge topped with the best seasonal mangoes and an odd tart berry that kicks in the punch!

If you love dairy as much as we do, then you are going to love my tropical take on the Mexican Tres Leches Cake. A simple, one bowl eggless sponge makes the base for this cake, a recipe I’ve developed over time and use often. Mangoes and phalsas, the quintessential Indian summer berry, make this super easy cake a real treat!

If phalsas are not in season, throw in any seasonal berries, perhaps cherries too. If all else fails, then just mangoes work well too. Enjoy!

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Eggless Mango Phalsa Tres Leches Cake

If you love dairy as much as we do, then you are going to love my tropical take on the Mexican Tres Leches Cake. A simple, one bowl sponge makes the base for this cake, a recipe I’ve developed over time and use often. Mangoes and phalsas, the quintessential Indian summer berry, make this super easy Eggless Mango Phalsa Tres Leches Cake a real treat!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword baking, cake, dessert, eggless cake, fruit, mangoes, phalsa, summer dessert, tropical
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Soaking time 6 hours
Total Time 7 hours
Servings 8 people

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Electric hand beater
  • Trifle serving bowls
  • 2 X 5" baking dishes
  • Large bowls whisk
  • Skewer
  • Knife
  • spatula

Ingredients

Eggless sponge cake

  • Wet mix
  • 220 g buttermilk
  • 60 g cup oil
  • 130 g sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 180 g all-purpose flour

Tres leches milk

  • 75 ml coconut milk
  • 35 ml milk
  • 35 ml condensed milk

Cream topping

  • 250 ml cream chilled
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar

Filling/Topping

  • 2 mangoes diced
  • 100 g phalsa berries or blueberries, strawberries, raspberries etc.
  • Fresh mint rose petals to garnish

Instructions

Eggless sponge cake

  • Preheat the oven to 180C. Lightly grease 2 X 5″ baking tins / 5″ Borosil flat bowls.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, oil, sugar and vanilla extract well. Add the apple cider vinegar, baking powder, baking soda and salt and whisk again. Leave to stand for 5 minutes until bubbly.
  • Now sift over the plain flour and whisk in to mix.
  • Divide the batter between the prepared baking dishes, approximately 290g each.
  • Tap the dishes gently on the counter, then bake for 25-30 minutes until light golden brown and the tester comes out clean.Remove to rack, demold after 10-15 minutes, then cool completely.
  • Place in a trifle/serving dish bowl. Poke holes through the cake, then divide the milk mixture and pour over each cake.
  • Leave for a couple of hours or better overnight to soak the  milk. Scatter over the soaked cake with diced mango and berries. Top with the whipped cream, mangoes and berries. Garnish with fresh mint and rose petals.

Tres leches milk/three milk mixture

  • Whisk together to mix.

Cream topping

  • Whip the cream to medium soft peaks, then whip in the sugar.

Wholegrain Espresso Chocolate Tart

Wholegrain Espresso Chocolate Tart … because for me no celebration is complete without a hint of coffee! This is a simple tart. Also it’s a 100% wholegrain, eggless & delicious. Luxurious to put it mildly!

Sometimes the simplest of flavours taste best in dessert. For someone like me, this is where comfort food meets sensual smooth dessert. Mascarpone & coffee, or rather espresso, are great together. I have a homemade mascarpone recipe on the blog if you like. It’s very very simple to make at home & uses just 2 ingredients.

Use an instant coffee instead of espresso powder, your favourite shell recipe if you like, else a biscuit base but make this, you must!

This Wholegrain Espresso Chocolate Tart shell is an adaptation of the eggless gingerbread man I made a few days ago. I’ve been playing with that recipe which has all the goodness of wholewheat flour, coconut sugar, honey, crystallized ginger & my favourite ingredient, clarified /ghee! What’s not to love!

And of course I had the most fun piping these free hand christmas trees with melted chocolate, then adding little dragees to them. Picked up a few dragees from Michaels in NY in November this year. Just makes me so happy to use them! Took me back to years ago when stuff like this was a regular every Christmas!

I also baked up loads of cookies a few days ago, an eggless fruit cake too. I loved the shortbread & linzer I made, one cookie dough that works for both. Will share that soon!

Sharing the Wholegrain Espresso Chocolate Tart recipe today, blogging after quite long, all for the love of coffee! I’ll hopefully try & get more regular on the blog too. Thank you for being so patient.

I’m spending a lot of time on Instagram these days. Are you there? Please tag me on passionateaboutbaking on Instagram if you try any recipe, or follow me if you like! I’d love to connect with you.

Have a great holiday season!

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Wholegrain Espresso Chocolate Tart

Wholegrain Espresso Chocolate Tart is a simple tart. Also it's 100% wholegrain, eggless & delicious. Use an instant coffee instead of espresso powder, your favourite shell recipe if you like, else a biscuit base but make this, you must! Serves 6-8
Keyword baking, chocolate, coffee, dessert, eggless, homemade, sweet
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 people

Ingredients

Tart Base

  • 1/4 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp softened ghee
  • 1 tsp espresso powder
  • Pinch salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour {atta}
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2-3 tbsp cream

Mascarpone Espresso Filling

  • 200 g mascarpone
  • 100 Amul cream
  • 30 g coconut sugar
  • 1 tbsp espresso powder

Chocolate Espresso Topping

  • 100 g 72% dark chocolate room temperature
  • 150 g Amul cream
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp espresso powder

Garnish

  • 50 g chocolate for trees

Instructions

Tart Base

  • Preheat oven to 180C
  • Line the base of a 13.75" by 4.325" rectangular fluted removable bottom tart mold with a strip of parchment.
  • Place the clarified butter/ghee & coconut sugar in bowl of stand mixer and whisk until smooth. Add the espresso powder, salt and baking soda. Whisk.
  • Now add the whole wheat flour and mix on low until just combined. Drizzle over the honey, then add just enough cream to bring the base together. The dough should hold when pinched between the fingertips.
  • Push into the tart tin, building up the sides first, then firmly pat into base.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes until firm to touch. Cool completely before filling.
  • {Tart shell can be made a day before}

Mascarpone Espresso Filling

  • Place all ingredients in a large bowl and whisk/beat until smooth. Don't overbeat. We're looking for a thick filling that holds well.

Chocolate Espresso Topping

  • Heat the cream in a large bowl for a minute.
  • Add the chocolate and leave to stand for a little while until the chocolate melts, 10-15 minutes.
  • Add the honey & espresso powder and stir until smooth. Cool.
  • Assemble tart by filling the shell with the mascarpone espresso cream. Spread it evenly, then top with the chocolate espresso.
  • Garnish as desired with melted chocolate shapes. Slice & serve in winter, chill for about an hour in summer.
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