Does anyone actually like Tres Leches Cake?

[Anonymous]

Was just at a lunch event catered by a higher end Mexican restaurant. The dessert was Tres Leches Cake. Possibly my first time ever having it after always seeing it on menus.

I’m not at all narrow minded food-wise but it was so gross. What do people like about it? It has the texture of wet bread or a wet sponge. Super cold. No real distinct flavor aside from tons of sugar.

Honestly, I’d rather just have a boring piece of vanilla cake. Turning it into an overly sweet sponge ruins it.

[Anonymous]

Omg it’s delicious.
I love cream though. If you don’t I can see why you wouldn’t enjoy it.

[Anonymous]

LOVE it! All the vanilla and cinnamon really hits the spot. Maybe give it another try. At a proper restaurant, not catered

[Anonymous]

No, too sweet for me (I never say this) and a "different" texture

[Anonymous]

Nope but dessert isn’t really a Mexican specialty. I would when preferred churros but they get soggy.

[Anonymous]

Too sweet and the wet texture makes me gag (something reminiscent of grape jelly seeping through wonder bread in my 1970s grade school lunch). I always want to like it, and am frequently lured into ordering it, but always regret it.

[Anonymous]

Agree Op. Soggy mess and actually need a spoon to it it.

[Anonymous]

Millions of people do, including me.

[Anonymous]

It’s my favorite dessert and I’m not even Hispanic.

[Anonymous]

You may have had a bad one. I think a bad tres leches cake could be pretty awful. A good one tastes strongly of sweet milk, with a pleasingly wet texture, kind of like a bread pudding is soggy in places but in a good way. Maybe try it again at a different restaurant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too sweet and the wet texture makes me gag (something reminiscent of grape jelly seeping through wonder bread in my 1970s grade school lunch). I always want to like it, and am frequently lured into ordering it, but always regret it.

That was my thought as well. When it’s cut perfectly it looks so elegant and delicious but it’s so gross. Everything about it is gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You may have had a bad one. I think a bad tres leches cake could be pretty awful. A good one tastes strongly of sweet milk, with a pleasingly wet texture, kind of like a bread pudding is soggy in places but in a good way. Maybe try it again at a different restaurant

It was a good one. It’s just there is nothing appealing about “soggy in a good way.” It makes me want to gag. And the flavor is just…sugar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You may have had a bad one. I think a bad tres leches cake could be pretty awful. A good one tastes strongly of sweet milk, with a pleasingly wet texture, kind of like a bread pudding is soggy in places but in a good way. Maybe try it again at a different restaurant

It was a good one. It’s just there is nothing appealing about “soggy in a good way.” It makes me want to gag. And the flavor is just…sugar.

Maybe you just have bad taste? Are you a generally picky or unadventurous eater? Not everyone can appreciate a Picasso.

[Anonymous]

Do you like flan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You may have had a bad one. I think a bad tres leches cake could be pretty awful. A good one tastes strongly of sweet milk, with a pleasingly wet texture, kind of like a bread pudding is soggy in places but in a good way. Maybe try it again at a different restaurant

It was a good one. It’s just there is nothing appealing about “soggy in a good way.” It makes me want to gag. And the flavor is just…sugar.

Maybe you just have bad taste? Are you a generally picky or unadventurous eater? Not everyone can appreciate a Picasso.

Oh come on. We all have different preferences in taste and texture.

PP saying and explaining why she doesn't like it is not an insult to those who do. My DH can describe exactly why a tomato makes him gag, my SIL can illustrate what happens to her mouth when a spicy pepper hits her lips. Their experience is legitimate and not an insult to tomato and pepper lovers.