Tres Leches Cheesecake
Yield: 24–30 5oz cups
Components
This recipe has 3 components: Cheesecake, Tres Leches Cake Crumble, and Crema Mexicana Whipped Topping.
Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 16 oz Shamrock Farms Cream Cheese (softened)
- 1 cup Shamrock Farms Extra Hold Sour Cream
- ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Method
- Mix all ingredients until smooth.
- Spread into a parchment-lined 8x8 pan.
- Refrigerate until firm (or freeze briefly for clean cups).
- Cut into 3" rounds using a ring cutter.
Tres Leches Cake Crumble
Ingredients
- 1 prepared vanilla cake or sponge cake
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- ½ cup Shamrock Farms Whole Milk
- ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
Method
- Mix the tres milks together.
- Break sponge cake into crumbs.
- Lightly moisten with the milk mixture.
- Keep crumbly, not soggy.
Crema Mexicana Whipped Topping
Ingredients
- 2 cups Shamrock Farms 40% Heavy Cream
- ⅓ cup Shamrock Farms Crema Mexicana
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Method
- Whip all ingredients to medium peaks.
- Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.
Plate Build
Plate: Large white coupe plate or stoneware plate, 10–12"
- Using the back of a spoon, create a wide swipe of dulce de leche on the left side of the plate.
- Place one 3" cheesecake round slightly right of center, sitting partially on the dulce de leche swipe.
- Scatter 2–3 tablespoons of tres leches cake crumble around the base of the cheesecake.
- Pipe a large rosette of crema mexicana whipped topping directly on top of the cheesecake.
- Insert a white chocolate shard or lace tuile into the whipped topping at a slight angle for height.
- Place 1 strawberry half, 1 blackberry, and 1 raspberry against the side of the cheesecake.
- Add 2–3 micro flowers around the berries and the crumble.
- Dust lightly with cinnamon.
- Finish with a few small dots of dulce de leche around the plate.
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