HOW TO MAKE TRES LECHES CAKE
Tres leches cake is a cake soaked in a sweet milk syrup and topped with whipped cream. If you want to get really fancy, spoon some diced strawberries and syrup over the cake. It's really moist, delicious, and simple.
Provided by Chef John
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican
Time 3h45m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 10x15-inch baking pan with vegetable shortening.
- Combine yellow cake mix, eggs, water, vegetable oil, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer until very smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Scrape batter into the prepared baking pan. Smooth the top of the batter, shake pan, and tap lightly on counter 2 or 3 times to eliminate air bubbles.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 22 minutes. Let cake cool in the pan at least 30 minutes. Poke holes all over the cake with a bamboo skewer or the handle of a wooden spoon.
- Combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and half-and-half in a large bowl; slowly pour milk syrup all over the cake. Syrup will soak into cake. Wrap cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours (or preferably overnight).
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 564.3 calories, Carbohydrate 62 g, Cholesterol 122.5 mg, Fat 31.1 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 10.7 g, SaturatedFat 13.5 g, Sodium 414.4 mg, Sugar 45.3 g
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Rex Jackson
[email protected]This recipe is a fail.
Thamifezile Tshamala
[email protected]I would not recommend this recipe to anyone.
Haresh kumar Solanki
[email protected]This recipe is a waste of time and ingredients.
Steven Sotelo
[email protected]I'm not sure what went wrong, but my cake didn't rise properly.
Alfie Dibb
[email protected]I think I overbaked my cake. It's a little dry, but still tasty.
Alejandra Gil
[email protected]I followed the recipe exactly, but my cake didn't turn out as moist as I expected.
Tivia McDonald
[email protected]This cake is a bit too sweet for my taste, but it's still very good.
Sakur Rain
[email protected]I'm not a fan of tres leches cake, but I tried this recipe and was pleasantly surprised. It's not too sweet and the cake is very moist.
Badsha Fahad
[email protected]I made this cake for my husband's birthday and he loved it. He said it was the best tres leches cake he's ever had.
Daniel Mbogwa
[email protected]This cake is so moist and flavorful. I love the way the milk mixture soaks into the cake.
King Benjamin
[email protected]I'm not much of a baker, but this recipe was easy to follow and the cake turned out great.
Indra Subedi
[email protected]This cake was a hit at my party! Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe.
Styloo Achikazoo
[email protected]I've tried many tres leches cake recipes, but this one is by far the best. The cake is so fluffy and the milk mixture is perfectly sweet and creamy.
Shino Koko
[email protected]This tres leches cake recipe is a keeper! It was so easy to make and turned out so moist and delicious. My family loved it!