Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake

If you’ve never had this cake, you just have to try it. It's almost too light and airy to be called cake. Tres Leches Cake (meaning: three milks) is a melt-in-your-mouth sweet sponge cake soaked with a mixture of three milks: evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and heavy cream.  While I make the “from scratch” version now and then, I find using a store bought cake mix is just as good and saves so much time.  This is a keeper my friends! 

Tres Leches Cake

1 box French Vanilla cake mix (any brand) 

4 eggs

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 ¼ cups water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 13 x 9 baking dish with parchment paper and then spray with non stick cooking spray and set aside.  

In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, oil and water with a handheld electric mixer on low speed. Beat for 2 minutes or until combined. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish, and bake for approx. 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean or with moist crumbs.  Let cake cool for at least 5 minutes and then using a fork, poke holes all over the top.

Sauce

1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk

3/4 cup heavy whipping cream

In a separate bowl, whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and the heavy whipping cream until combined. 

Slowly drizzle the milk mixture over the cake trying to get as much into the holes and around the edges as possible.  The milk mixture will pool around the edges of the cake but that’s okay.  

Refrigerate and allow the cake to absorb the milk mixture for at least an hour or longer.

Topping

2 cups heavy cream

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 tsp pure vanilla

Fresh sliced strawberries and cinnamon , for garnish

Using a mixer, whip the cup of heavy whipping cream, with the sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla on very high speed until stiff peaks form. 

Frost the top of the cake, add a sprinkle of cinnamon and then cut into squares.  I like to pipe on my topping but you can decorate anyway you like.

Garnish with strawberries if desired.

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