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Tres Leches Taste-off Celebrates a Latin American Favorite

(June 17, 2010) - - On July 10 from 1 to 3 p.m., Creative Discovery Museum is celebrating the sweet, delicious taste of a Latin American favorite, Tres Leches Cake.  Museum guests will participate in an afternoon of tasting as several local Hispanic restaurants and bakeries provide free samples of their own Tres Leches recipes.  Kids and adults will have a chance to taste this light, moist cake and crown the day’s Tres Leches Cake favorite.

Tres Leches is a cake soaked in three kinds of milk:  evaporated, condensed and heavy cream.  While there are varied recipes that add flavorful nuances, each is based on the tradition of saturating cake in the three milks.  Machu Picchu Restaurant and La Esperanza Bakery are two local establishments ready to share this flavorful dessert with Museum guests.

“Tres Leches Cake is a delicious cake and one that kids and adults will love tasting,” states Liza Blair, Museum Arts Manager.  “This is one of the many museum arts-related events promoting the unique and diverse ethnic foods found right here in our city.”

Speculation of the origins of the cake is as diverse as the recipes; however, popular belief is that the recipe was fashioned in Europe, coinciding with the tradition of the British rum cake and Italian tiramisu, and became popular in Latin America during World War II through a company’s promotion for canned milk.  With recipe adaptations and trends in ethnic populations, this rich dessert has finally migrated to menus across America.

About Creative Discovery Museum
Creative Discovery Museum is open Mon-Sat: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun: noon-5 p.m. 321 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402. Creative Discovery Museum is recognized as one of the top children’s museums in the nation. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to educational enrichment for children age’s 4-months to 12-years-old through interactive, hands-on experiences that foster creative and critical thinking. Creative Discovery Museum focuses on a broad range of areas encompassed by Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Technology and the Sciences. In addition to its exhibits, Creative Discovery Museum provides local residents and visitors with special events, educational programming, teacher resources for the classroom, field trips, after school programming, early childhood education classes, artist residencies, camps, art lessons, science demonstrations, and a branch of the local library. Creative Discovery Museum is a funded agency of Allied Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

          
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