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Rose Milk Cake (Falooda Tres Leches Cake)

This super fluffy rose-flavored cake is a delicious spin on the traditional tres leches cake soaked in three types of milk and my favorite syrup. It's impossible to stop at a single slice!
Serves: 16 slices
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours

Ingredients
  

For the Cake

  • 1½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 5 large egg yolks
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 tbsp rooh afza
  • 5 large egg whites
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar

For the Soak

  • 2 cups milk
  • ½ cup condensed milk
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 4 tbsp rooh afza

For the Frosting

  • 1½ cup heavy cream
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar

Instructions
 

For the cake

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking dish, set aside.
  • Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. In a medium size bowl, beat together the egg yolks and ¾ cup sugar until light, fluffy, and doubled in size. Add in the milk and rose syrup and beat until combined, if you want a pinker color go ahead and add some red food coloring.
  • Sift in the flour, baking powder, and salt and beat until just combined. Do not overmix! Set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, add the egg whites and beat until foamy and just beginning to hold shape. Gradually add in the ¼ cup of sugar until nothing remains and the egg whites form soft peaks.
  • Fold the egg whites into the cake batter and mix until no streaks remain, be careful not to deflate it. Transfer to the baking dish.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Pierce cake all over with a fork; let cool to room temperature.

For the soak

  • Once your cake has cooled, combine whole milk, condensed milk, heavy cream, and rooh afza; pour over the cake and allow it to soak.

For the frosting

  • In a separate bowl, whip heavy cream and sugar with an electric mixer until thick. Spread over the cake.
  • Garnish with crushed pistachios or rose petals. Refrigerate until ready to serve!