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Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake

Recipe courtesy Ben Plastina

Show: Melting PotEpisode: A Melting Pot Holiday

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (51)

  • Prep Time:

    20 min

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  • Yield:

    10 to 12 servings

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Ingredients

  • 1 yellow cake mix (with pudding) baked as directed in 13 by 9-inch pan

For topping mixture:

  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 pint heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup rum (or to taste)

To finish:

  • Whipped cream, to cover cake
  • 5 ounces sweetened coconut

Directions

Poke holes in the cake with a fork all over. Pour topping mixture over cake. Let mixture absorb completely in refrigerator.

Cover with whipped cream or cool whip and sprinkle sweetened coconut over top of cake.

OPTIONAL: Add macadamia nuts, cherries and/or pineapple.

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  • recipe Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake
    Daisy Morton Grove, IL 07-11-2009

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    Won't Lie - This is pretty good!

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    I ended up crumbling the cake and placing it into 40 double-layered cupcake baking cups, which made it easier for guests to... grab the cake. I added some cinnamon atop the whipped topping which took it up several notches!! It's a great and easy recipe that I will recommend to friends!Read more
  • recipe Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake
    Emily Beach City, TX 05-06-2009

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    Easiest TRES Leches Cake Around!

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    I was looking for an easy and good recipe for my daughter to take to school the next day in celebration of the Mexico unit... they just completed. It was easy and a hit!Read more
  • recipe Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake
    Ken Santa Fe, NM 02-24-2009

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    !!! Fantastic !!!

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    I love a version of this cake at a local restaurant that has a hint of orange. I used this recipe and tweaked it a little for... a dinner party and all were amazed at how good it was. Probably the best we had tasted! I used a Betty Crocker French Vanilla cake mix and added the zest from 1 orange. I used the juice from the orange, 2 tablespoons of vanilla, and additional water to subsitute for the water required by the cake mix. I added the zest of one orange and 2 tablespoons of vanilla to the topping and used 1/4 cup brandy instead of the rum. Since I had some mexican vanilla, that is what I used, but think pure vanilla would be just as good. The modified cake had a nice sublte orange flavor. This is a cake that I will make again and again!!!Read more
  • recipe Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake
    Susanne Santa Barbara, CA 02-22-2009

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    5 Stars if you add less liquid!

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    The first time I made this, I followed the recipe exactly, and it was very "mushy" from all the liquids poured in to the... cake. But I did love the ease and flavor, so the second time I made it I used one-half of the amounts of evaporarted milk and Whipping creme, and 3/4 of the amount of Sweetened condensed milk. Then, it was DELICIOUS! I used light Cool Whip on the top, and covered it with Fresh Stawberries instead of cocanut. I used Malibu Rum, which is cocanut flavored. This is easy, and light tasting. Try it!Read more
  • recipe Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake
    Candice London, KY 11-20-2008

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    Most delicious cake ever made...gone in five minutes!

    Rated: 5 stars out of 5
    This cake is delicious!
  • recipe Tres Leches: Three Milk Cake
    Paula atlanta, GA 10-02-2008

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    What type of cake mix with pudding is used?

    Rated: 4 stars out of 5
    What type of cake mix with pudding is used?
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