Tres Leches Hazelnut Cake (Cuatro Leches )
Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
Serves: 12-14
Ingredients
- 2 (12 ounce) cans evaporated milk
- 2 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1⁄2 cups hazelnut-flavored liquid coffee creamer, i used international delites
- 1 cup whipping cream or 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon hazelnut-flavored liqueur or 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 (18 ounce) box vanilla cake mix
- 3⁄4 cup softened unsalted butter
- 7 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 3 cups sliced strawberries
- 1 cup whipping cream, well chilled
- 3⁄4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour a 10 inch spring for pan, set aside.
- Tres Leches sauce --.
- In a large pot bring all 4 milks (first four ingredients)to a boil stirring frequently. Remove from heat stir in extract and chill in a large bowl covered.
- Cake --.
- Beat the box cake, butter, eggs and water on low speed to mix in then at medium for 2 minutes.
- Take note of picture batter will be thick. Spread batter in prepared pan.
- Bake for 50 minutes.
- Shut oven off and open door to cool cake 30 minutes.
- Remove side of pan place on a wire rack remove to cool completely.
- Line a large container (I used a plastic cake carrier inverted) with plastic wrap going over the sides.
- Cut cake in half with a serrated knife to make 2 layers.
- Place top half cut side up in container. Top with strawberries top with bottom of cake cut side down.
- Using a wooden skewer poke plenty of holes in cake not going through the plastic wrap on the bottom.
- Pour slowly 4 cups of sauce over cake. Wrap over hanging plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate cake and remaining sauce over night.
- One hour before serving pour 1-1/2 cups more sauce then return to chill.
- Topping --.
- Whip cream sugar and extract till stiff peaks form.
- Assembly --.
- Remove cake from refrigerator uncover and carefully invert onto a serving platter with a raised edge so cream won `t run off the platter.
- Remove wrap and spread whipped cream.
- Serve with the chilled reserved cream.
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