Name: Three Milk Cake with Rompope
Yield: Makes 10 to 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups rompope; 1 cup evaporated milk; 1 cup sweetened condensed milk; 1 cup whipping cream; 5 large eggs; 3/4 cup sugar; 3/4 cup cake flour; 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted, cooled to lukewarm; 1 1/2 cups chilled whipping cream; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1 1-pint basket strawberries, halved; Fresh mint sprigs (optional); 1 1-pint basket strawberries, hulled, sliced

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Three Milk Cake with RompopeMark Thomas

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