Tres Leches Cake

Tres leches cake is one of the most famous Mexican desserts. It’s so moist, tender and sweet. But if you want to recreate tres leches cake in the comfort of your own kitchen and could do without the long ingredients list or complicated steps, take a look at this easy tres leches recipe.

The shortcut ingredient is a box of French vanilla cake mix and nobody will know you used cake mix to make this dessert! Evaporated milk, cream and sweetened condensed milk add moisture and flavor to this tasty cake and give it that distinctive taste you already know and love.

Because this is an extra-special cake recipe, it’s really good for special occasions and parties and you can make it in advance as long as you keep it refrigerated until serving because of course it’s rich in dairy ingredients and needs to be in the fridge.

Why You’ll Love the Recipe:

Mexican tres leches cake is always delicious but it can take a while to make. This recipe uses French vanilla boxed cake as a shortcut and the resulting cake is so delicious everyone will demand a second slice!

How to Serve It:

Serve the cake for dessert, paired with your favorite drink. 

Can You Make It Ahead?

Yes, you can prepare it in advance and keep it refrigerated.

Storage Instructions:

Leftovers will keep for up to 3 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Variations and Substitutions:

You can use another cake flavor if you want. Feel free to add a dash of almond extract or rum extract to the milk mixture to customize the flavor.

Tres Leches Cake

You’re going to love how easy this tres leches cake is to make and everyone is going to be really impressed with the wonderful flavor it offers.

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Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Chilling time 2 hours hrs

Course Dessert

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 12

Ingredients

  

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• 1 box French vanilla cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 1¼ cups water
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 12 ounces evaporated milk
• 1 cup heavy cream or Half & Half

FOR THE CHANTILLY CREAM:

• 2 cups heavy whipped cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons powdered sugar

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Combine the cake mix with the eggs, oil and water.
  
• Pour this mixture into a greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
  
• Poke holes all over the cake using a fork, skewer or chopstick.
• Combine the three milks and pour over the cake, letting it soak into the holes.
• Beat the heavy whipping cream, vanilla and powdered sugar to make chantilly cream.
  
• Spread the chantilly cream over the cake and then refrigerate overnight or for at least 2 hours.
  
• Enjoy!
  

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