Tres Leches Cake. I love Tres Leches cake but this is not the best recipe. The eggs need to be separated, and the whites beaten prior to adding them to the batter. I have done it both ways, and despite the extra work.
Tres Leches Cake a must try Mexican dessert! It's a deliciously rich and moist, milk-soaked cake that always gets compliments every time it's served. Tres Leches Cake has a soft and ultra-moist crumb. You can cook Tres Leches Cake using 6 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Tres Leches Cake
- It's 1 box of Duncan Hines Butter Recipe Cake Mix (prepare box directions).
- Prepare 1 can of Condensed Milk.
- You need 1 can of Evaporated Milk.
- It's 1/4 cup of Dulce de Leche/ Leche Quemada.
- Prepare 1 of Cool Whip.
- It's 1 cup of chopped pecans (optional).
This is an authentic Tres Leches Cake recipe and the best we. This Tres Leches Cake recipe is the perfect light and airy dessert and a Latin American favorite. Tres Leches means "three milks" and is a sponge cake that contains three different types of milks. Tres Leches Cake should also be topped with a maraschino cherry.
Tres Leches Cake instructions
- Preheat oven per cake box directions in a 13×9 inch baking pan.
- In a separate bowl add condensed milk, evaporated milk, and Dulce de Leche and mix well. Refrigerate..
- Prepare butter recipe cake mix per box directions and ingredients..
- Grease a 13x9 inch baking pan.
- Bake cake per box directions..
- Remove cake from oven when done and poke holes all over the cake. Be sure they are large enough for liquid to seep in..
- Refrigerate cake until thoroughly cooled..
- When cake is cooled remove cake and milk mixture from the fridge..
- Stir the milk mixture thoroughly until well incorporated. Pour the milk mixture into the cake holes..
- Top with the whipped topping and add nuts on top for garnish. I also like to drizzle the dulce de leche on top as garnish as well..
- Refrigerate for at least an hour. Its best if it sets over night. Enjoy!.
Guys, you'll love Tres Leches Cake. My mom's favorite cake is tres leches, a butter cake soaked in three kinds of milk. I developed a no-fuss version that's rich and tender. —Marina Castle Kelley, Canyon Country, California. Tres leches is a moist and subtly sweet cake made with sponge cake and three different kinds of milk. You'll love this light, fluffy tres leches cake SOAKED with a sweet mixture of three milks and topped with a cloud of whipped cream enriched with mascarpone.