How To Make Tres Leches Cake

Serves: 5

Luisa Champlin

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

59

Spice

50

Sweetness

51

Sourness

42

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

3

Eggs

1 cup

Water (cold)

12 fluid ounce

Evaporated Milk (can)

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