What do you call the Mexican cake that is three different colors and do you have the recipe?

Answer 1

I Hope one of these is what you are looking for

COLOR SWEET CAKE

3 cups flour
9 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
3 cans whipped cream
food coloring (a drop)
1 tablespoon vanilla

Combine butter and sugar; add flour. Mix together 2 minutes and add vanilla. Mix until batter is smooth.
Separate cake into three pans. Stir a drop of coloring into two of the pans.

Bake at 350 for about 45 mins or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Allow cake to cool before frosting.


TORTE FESTIVE

2 layers (1 package mix) white cake
1 pt. fig preserves
1 pt. red currant or red raspberry preserves
2 jars sterilized whipping cream
1 pkg. crystalized ginger root coloring

Bake and cool the cake mix. With a long slicing knife shave the round top off one layer and then split both layers. You will now have four layers, 3 of them perfectly flat. Cover one layer with half the fig preserves, put second layer in place and spread on half the currant preserves. Put on the third layer and remaining fig preserves, then the last layer the other half of the currant. Chop the ginger root very fine. Whip the cream very stiff. Mix in the chopped ginger and divide the cream into three equal parts. Leave one white, add 3 drops red coloring to one portion, 3 drops green or 4 to 5 drops yellow to the last lot of cream, cover the top and sides of the stacked up cake with the cream in dabs and swirls. To serve, cut the cake three times through each way. This gives sixteen small servings. Tip them sideways onto small plates.
If fig preserves cannot be found, a quick substitute can be made of 2 cans Kodoka figs drained and 2 cups sugar, put through the blender and cooked in the Oven until thick enough to spread. Or use apricot preserves. Jelly does not work out right.

Answer 2

Tres Leches Cake

For the cake:
Vegetable oil
6 3/4 ounces cake flour, plus extra for pan
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
4 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature
8 ounces sugar
5 whole eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the glaze:
1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup half-and-half

For the topping:
2 cups heavy cream
8 ounces sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the cake:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil and flour a 13 by 9-inch metal pan and set aside.

Whisk together the cake flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl and set aside.

Place the butter into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed until fluffy, approximately 1 minute. Decrease the speed to low and with the mixer still running, gradually add the sugar over 1 minute. Stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl, if necessary. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and mix to thoroughly combine. Add the vanilla extract and mix to combine. Add the flour mixture to the batter in 3 batches and mix just until combined. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and spread evenly. This will appear to be a very small amount of batter. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until the cake is lightly golden and reaches an internal temperature of 200 degrees F.

Remove the cake pan to a cooling rack and allow to cool for 30 minutes. Poke the top of the cake all over with a skewer or fork. Allow the cake to cool completely and then prepare the glaze.

For the glaze:
Whisk together the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and the half-and-half in a 1-quart measuring cup. Once combined, pour the glaze over the cake. Refrigerate the cake overnight.

Topping:
Place the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the whisk attachment, whisk together on low until stiff peaks are formed. Change to medium speed and whisk until thick. Spread the topping over the cake and allow to chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2007
Show: Good Eats
Episode: Milk Made

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_36975,00.html

Answer 3

I THINK it might be pastel de tres leches. It has shaved, toasted coconut on top, and my mom just made some. she found a recipe on martha stewart.

Answer 4

Tres leches?? No, I don't have the recipe