Made Rasmalai Tres Leches Cake 🌸

Rasmalai Tres Leches Cake 🌸

Ras malai is a delicious traditional south Asian milk based creamy dessert that is spiced with cardamom, saffron, and rosewater. I’d been seeing recipes of a fusion Rasmalai + Tres leches cake on socials and finally decided to make it!

The recipe that I used took the fusion concept a bit further and calls for using lady fingers instead of a sponge. The concept is you spice the tres leches (the recipe called for just cardamom powder but I also added a dash of cinnamon powder and splash of rosewater) and then instead of pouring it over a sponge, you dip the ladyfingers in it tiramisu style and layer the cake that way. You finish it off with whipped cream, but I had to sub in Extra Creamy Cool Whip last minute because I had whipping cream issues last night 🤣 I mixed some rosewater and cardamom into the cool whip as well. Topped with pistachios and dried roses.

I also doubled the recipe to feed a larger crowd – ended up feeding about 40 people and folks were legit licking their bowls and spoons. This stuff is amazing for how little effort it takes. Run, don’t walk, and make it

(Recipe here: https://bakewithzoha.com/no-bake-tres-leches/)