Tres Leches

Dawn's Note:

Tres Leches Cake is a very moist cake filled with a mixture of "milks." It is a favorite Mexican and South American Dessert. I got the recipe from Chela, my housekeeper who is from Mexico. The Cake preparation includes 3 parts: the cake, the filling, and the frosting.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 45 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 1.0 cake

Ingredients for Cake

• 1 package white cake mix
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2⁄3; cup cooking oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk

Filling

• 1 can evaporated milk
• 1 can condensed milk (14 oz.)
• ½ pint whipping cream

Frosting

• ½ pint whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Mix cake ingredients together and place in a rectangular cake pan (spray with non stick cooking oil) Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes until knife inserted in middle comes out clean.
2. Allow to cool for 20 minutes.
3. Mix together milk filling together and refrigerate while cake is cooking.
4. Mix Frosting together as cake cools.
5. Mix well until whipped cream peaks.
6. When cake is done allow to cool, then fill with milk filling.
7. You can poke holes in the cake or use a flavor injector.
8. I use a syringe since I am a nurse.
9. Frost and decorate.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

WOW! Its wonderful! Thank you for sharing it!

[SparkleKristy]

DELICIOUS! I used all ingredients and methodolgies as described in recipe. I used skewers to make holes all over the top right out of the oven. I then let it cool for 5 minutes and flipped it onto a cooling rack. I put more holes in the bottom. I then cut off all four sides. (I topped them with cinnamon and baked again making biscotti.) I returned to the 9 x 13 pan and let cool about 1 hour. I then poured the filling in little by little while schmearing / massaging it in with my hands. Twice, I poured the liquid that was in the bottom back into a measuring cup and repeated the massage / schmearing. Having done this, there was plenty of liquid in the cake and was the perfect texture to those I've had on my travels. DH and I had this the frst time on our honeymoon in Bonaire and I made this today to celebrate our anniversary.

[angelbebe77]

Y-U-M! I made this for my boss' birthday and he said that he has had 20 different versions of homemade Tres Leches and this by far is the best! Thanks for the recipe and to those who suggested doubling the milk filling... it came out perfect!!