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This delicious tres leches cake has a moist sponge cake layer that soaks up a sweet milk mixture made with three types of milk: whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk. Top the cake with whipped cream to make a decadent Mexican dessert that's excellent for milk lovers!
⏱️ Recipe Details
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Additional Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 24
Yield: 1 (9x13-inch) cake
📝 Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 5 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
👩🍳 Directions
Step 1
Gather the ingredients.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
Step 3
Sift flour and baking powder together; set aside.
Step 4
Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until lighter in color and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add flour mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, mixing until well blended.
Step 5
Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Step 6
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Pierce cake all over with a fork; let cool to room temperature.
Step 7
Mix whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk together in a bowl.
Step 8
Pour the whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk mixture over the top of the cooled cake and allow to soak in.
Step 9
Whip cream, remaining 1 cup of sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer until thick.
Step 10
When milk mixture has soaked in, spread cream on top of the cake.
Step 11
Keep cake refrigerated until ready to serve. Sprinkle ground cinnamon over top of the cake before slicing. Enjoy!
🥗 Nutrition Facts
Calories: 280
Total Carbohydrate: 35g
Dietary Fiber: 0g
Total Sugars: 28g
Protein: 6g
Total Fat: 14g
Saturated Fat: 8g
Cholesterol: 82mg
Vitamin C: 1mg
Sodium: 87mg
Calcium: 139mg
Iron: 1mg
Potassium: 173mg
