Tres Leches Cake is an authentic Mexican cake soaked in three kinds of milk, topped with whipped cream and any topping of your choice. On top of the cake you can add toppings like shredded coconut, peach slices, cherries, vanilla ice cream, strawberries, pineapples or any other fun dessert toppings you love. Tres leches cake translated literally means ‘three milks’ because the cake itself is soaked with three types of milk. The ultimate indulgent dessert recipe!
This cake is made with three layers: cake, filling, and topping. There are 4 types of milk in the filling and topping (whole milk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream). This is an excellent cake for milk lovers!
Make sure you use a nice high walled cake pan for this recipe, we are adding a lot of ingredients to this cake batter and to the cream topping! We don’t want to lose any of the deliciousness along the way.
This isn’t diet friendly, but it doesn’t have to be because it is an indulgent once in a while amazing dessert you can serve to guests for a special occasion.
Now, on to the recipe of this cake….
Ingredients
Tres Leches Cake
- 1 ½ cups All-purpose Flour
- 1 tsp. Baking powder
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 5 Eggs
- ½ tsp. Vanilla extract
For soaking and topping:
- 2 cups Whole Milk
- 1 can sweetened Condensed Milk
- A can Evaporated Milk
- 1 ½ cups heavy Whipping cream
- One cup Sugar
- 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
- Fruits of your choice
- A pinch cinnamon powder
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a baking pan.
- Sift flour and baking powder together and set aside.
- Cream butter or margarine and the 1 cup sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs and the 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat well.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture 2 tablespoons at a time; mix until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.
- Pierce cake several times with a fork.
- Combine the whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk together. Pour over the top of the cooled cake.
- Whip whipping cream, the remaining 1 cup of the sugar, and the remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla together until thick. Spread over the top of cake.
- Top with cinnamon powder and fruits of your choice.
- Keep cake refrigerated and enjoy!
