Setup: Recoil with flavor cap. Dual round wire coils @ .25 ohms. 60W.
Testing: FW Tres Leches @ 5%. Steeped: 10 days.
Flavor Description: This is a very pleasant flavor. It reminds me of a dense cake that has been doused in sweetented condensed milk. Fairly thick mouthfeel, you can actually taste the cake in your mouth. Very smooth and creamy. Tres leches has plenty of sweetness on its own. The sweetness reminds me a lot of fw yellow cake it does have corn syrup in it so that explains the type of sweetness I am getting. It is not quite as sickeningly sweet though. The sweetness is shown throughout but really shines at the finish of the exhale.
Off Flavors: None to be had, this is a very authentic flavor. Well, I have never had tres leches but I imagine it is true to its name. Hopefully someone else who has had this dessert can clarify but it tastes how I imagine a tres leches would taste.
Throat Hit: 0/10, This flavor is super smooth and does not irritate the throat at all.
Uses: I can see this being used in decadent dessert vapes. Like maybe a duchess clone *ahem. It would be good to thicken up custard vapes or even be good to add some moistness to bakeries. This is a very versatile flavor and is a must buy imo.
Pairings: Berries, Stone fruits. I see this going very well with caramels and butter-scotches. This flavor is too heavy for most citrus or tropical fruit flavors. I can also see cinnamon working very well with it. It has a somewhat dark sweetness that I believe would also go very well with graham cracker.
Notes: I would definitely use this as a yc replacement in recipes that also have custards or creams in them. I have tried Jungle Flavors yellow cake as well as FLV Pound cake and although both good, they do not compare in flavor (FLV) or mouthfeel (JF) to FW Yellow Cake. If it is supposed to be a dryer bakery recipe this would not work however, due to how creamy and rich this flavor is, it is not a very "fluffy" flavoring.
Second Opinions:
- ELR flavor notes
- Surprisingly, no one on atf has made a recipe public using this flavor, nor are there any notes on it. Maybe this is one of those hidden gems that is underrated?
- Alisa uses this ingredient just as I would in a sweet cake with caramel and butterscotch ##Other Flavor Reviews
Nice notes and resource links :D. FW Tres Leches does contain sugar syrup though. Up to the user to decide if it is worth it or not.
I get a funky dairy note from this one. Still having problems using it in a blend although BotBoy has spoken highly of it in the past.
My fiance gets that funky, almost expired dairy note from it also. Tastes perfectly fine to me though. I think it just varies from person to person, kinda like getting pepper from TFA VBIC. Sensitivities and shit
That's a bummer. I find myself using Capella NY Cheesecake as a sub whenever I see a recipe calls for Tres Leches. Seems to work to a certain extent.
Yea it would definitely cover the thicker creaminess of tres. If you have/like FLV cream and FA fresh cream then you can get pretty close to the entire spectrum of cream in tres, then add a little of your favorite cake and that's basically it, minus the fruit anyway.
I use it in a caramel custard and it's really good, I'll post the recipe when I get home.
Btw CAP has a new yellow cake and the first reviews are very positive.
Thanks, I look forward to it. From what I heard cap is a good, light cake, maybe not necessarily a replacement for yc but good to have regardless.
Here it is:
- Caramel (SOL) 1%
- Nuage caramélique (SOL) 2%
- Tres Leches (FW) 2%
- Vanilla Custard (CAP) 4.5%
Give it some time to develop and it's delicious. The Solubarôme concentrates are probably harder to get if you're in the US but these two are definitely worth it.
Tres Leches is one of my favorite deserts, so I'm going to have to add this to my next flavor purchase.
Recipe wise, the cake is the three milks, aka tres leches, with a moderate amount of cake, and a little vanilla, whipped cream, and a fresh fruit mix, typically strawberries, blueberries, and grapes, but sometimes some others; the fruits are always an accent, though, never dominant.
It's quite simple yet astoundingly delicious.
> Surprisingly, no one on atf has made a recipe public using this flavor, nor are there any notes on it. Maybe this is one of those hidden gems that is underrated?
atf pound for pound is the better index but i've only ever seen one person doing flavor notes, /u/Chrisdvr1. same thing with single flavor recommendations, i don't think i've ever seen more than a handful.
i think it's more that atf is filled with experienced mixers and they take that knowledge as a given.
I can't believe nobody's cracked a Duchess clone yet. I've spent so much money buying that juice. I've tried but didn't get close enough :(
I was reading comments and saw this. Podcast and clone. I would say it is pretty close. Reserved Duchess
TresLeches reminds me of that soured milk im not really sure what to call.. i did a clone of Teleos The Milk about a year ago where this flavour was really usefull as a milk base.. haven't made it public until today..