How to Make Perfect Tres Leches Cake

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, separating the eggs is well worth the effort.

Tres Leches cake features three different dairy products that come together to create a cake that's moist, but not mushy, and dense with just the right amount of sweetness. This indulgent cake traces its origins back to South America, but you don't need to fly across the equator to try a piece. Whisk together the cake flour, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl and set aside. You can cook Tres Leches Cake using 6 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Tres Leches Cake

1. Prepare of Duncan Hines Butter Recipe Cake Mix (prepare box directions).
2. It's of Condensed Milk.
3. It's of Evaporated Milk.
4. It's of Dulce de Leche/ Leche Quemada.
5. Prepare of Cool Whip.
6. It's of chopped pecans (optional).

Tres leches means "three milks." This cake gets its name because it uses three kinds of milk—evaporated, condensed and cream. This cake's light and airy texture has made it a classic in Mexican kitchens for generations. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.

Tres Leches Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven per cake box directions in a 13×9 inch baking pan.
2. In a separate bowl add condensed milk, evaporated milk, and Dulce de Leche and mix well. Refrigerate..
3. Prepare butter recipe cake mix per box directions and ingredients..
4. Grease a 13x9 inch baking pan.
5. Bake cake per box directions..
6. Remove cake from oven when done and poke holes all over the cake. Be sure they are large enough for liquid to seep in..
7. Refrigerate cake until thoroughly cooled..
8. When cake is cooled remove cake and milk mixture from the fridge..
9. Stir the milk mixture thoroughly until well incorporated. Pour the milk mixture into the cake holes..
10. 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..
11. Refrigerate for at least an hour. Its best if it sets over night. Enjoy!.

Tres Leches Cake is an authentic Mexican cake soaked in three kinds of milk, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. Sheet Cake desserts are a fun and easy way to make desserts to serve for a crowd and even easier to decorate! Tres leches literally means, "three milks" and tres leches cake is an ultra light sponge cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture. Tres leches cake is a popular cake in Mexico and Latin America. It really wouldn't be a Cinco de Mayo celebration this easy cake recipe!