Easy Tres Leches Cake

Easy Tres Leches Cake is a delicious doctored cake mix recipe with a creamy whipped topping. This ultra moist cake is just the thing to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

What Is Tres Leches Cake?

Tres Leches is a popular Mexican and Latin American dessert. Tres Leches means “3 milk”. This easy dessert consists of a cake cooked in a 9×13-inch pan which is then soaked with 3 milks: sweetened condensed milk, whole milk, and heavy cream.

Only a handful of simple ingredients are needed.

Ingredients

• Yellow Cake Mix– I use Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker.
• Vegetable Oil
• Vanilla Extract
• Large Egg
• Sweetened Condensed Milk– comes in a can. Be sure not to use evaporated milk. They look the same at first glance.
• Whole Milk
• Heavy Cream
• Cool Whip– If you prefer, you can use 3 cups of fresh whipped cream.

How To Serve

Tres Leches Cake is typically served cold. The addition of the millk mixture gives the cake a custard-like texture and it tastes really good chilled. I like to serve it with any kind of seasonal fruit. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, or peaches are delicious with it. You could even do fresh pineapple or mango for more of a tropical flavor. It makes a great Cinco de Mayo dessert and is also good for a potluck or summer cookout.

Make Ahead

This cake is even better if it is made a day in advance to really give the cake time to soak up all the milk. You can make it 2 days in advance if necessary.

Recipe Tips

Be sure to let the cake cool a little before poking holes in it.

Cake should be made at least 2 hours in advance.

For a little extra flavor, sprinkle a little ground cinnamon on top.

You can add half a teaspoon of almond extract to the batter for extra flavor.

How To Store Easy Tres Leches Cake

Cover well with plastic wrap and it will keep in the refrigerator for 3 days.

More Tres Leches Cake Recipes

• Coffee Tres Leches
• Tres Leches Cake with Strawberries
• Crock Pot Tres Leches Bread Pudding
• Peach Bourbon Tres Leches

Recipe adpated from Betty Crocker.