This recipe is translated from Cookpad Mexico. See original: MexicoPastel de tres leches

Tres Leches Cake

Berenice Alvarez Vargas
Berenice Alvarez Vargas @b_nice_av
Tijuana, Baja California

With all the tips I've received since I started baking, I created this recipe that has impressed even the most discerning palates. You might think I'm exaggerating, but I still want to encourage you to give it a try 😉

*I like to fill it with cream cheese frosting (and sometimes fruit). I'll share that recipe soon.

Tres Leches Cake

With all the tips I've received since I started baking, I created this recipe that has impressed even the most discerning palates. You might think I'm exaggerating, but I still want to encourage you to give it a try 😉

*I like to fill it with cream cheese frosting (and sometimes fruit). I'll share that recipe soon.

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Ingredients

About 3 hours
About 30 servings
  1. 2 boxesvanilla cake mix
  2. 3 1/3 cupsmilk (divided) (about 790 ml)
  3. 2/3 cupoil (about 160 ml)
  4. 8eggs
  5. as neededbutter
  6. 1 canevaporated milk
  7. 1 cansweetened condensed milk
  8. 1 quartwhipped topping (about 950 ml)

Cooking Instructions

About 3 hours
  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Beat the cake mix with 1 1/3 cups milk, oil, and eggs until smooth and no lumps remain.

  2. 2

    Pour the batter into 2 greased cake pans (9–10 inches, or a quarter sheet pan) using butter, and bake for 40 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

  3. 3

    Once done, place the cakes on a wire rack and let them cool for about 1 1/2 hours. Meanwhile, whip the whipped topping until stiff peaks form.

  4. 4

    Mix the remaining 2 cups milk with the evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk until fully combined.

  5. 5

    Once the cakes are cool, remove them from the pans and trim the rounded tops. Using a piping bag, pipe a border of whipped topping around the edge of the bottom cake layer, then pour the milk mixture over it until it's nicely soaked. Fill as desired*, place the top cake layer on, and repeat the process.

  6. 6

    When both layers are soaked, cover the cake with the whipped topping and decorate as you like. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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