How To Make Tres Leches Cake
Serves: 5
Luisa Champlin
1 January 1970
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Ingredients:
3
Eggs1 cup
Water (cold)1 cup
Vegetable Oil1 tsp
Vanilla Extract12 fluid ounce
Evaporated Milk (can)1 cup
Half-And-Half1 cup
Heavy Whipping Cream1 tbsp
White Sugar (to taste)Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
2
Generously grease a 10x15-inch baking pan with vegetable shortening
3
Combine yellow cake mix, eggs, water, vegetable oil, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl
4
Beat with electric mixer until very smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed
5
Scrape batter into the prepared baking pan
6
Smooth the top of the batter, shake pan, and tap lightly on counter 2 or 3 times to eliminate air bubbles
7
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 22 minutes
8
Let cake cool in the pan at least 30 minutes
9
Poke holes all over the cake with a bamboo skewer or the handle of a wooden spoon
10
Combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and half-and-half in a large bowl; slowly pour milk syrup all over the cake
11
Syrup will soak into cake
12
Wrap cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours (or preferably overnight)
13
Whip cream with sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until cream is fluffy; spoon whipped cream over cake