Tres Leche Cake

By: Kristen Yard

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Tres leche cake is a dessert that everyone will love, made from basic ingredients that you most likely already have in your pantry. It doesn’t get any easier (or yummier) than that! 

This is the best tres leche cake recipe! It’s super easy, and you most likely have all the ingredients in your pantry.

What Is Tres Leche Cake? 

Tres leche cake is Spanish dessert, made from basic cake ingredients, like eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. It’s an easy and delicious cake recipe that will make everyone happy (and if your family’s dessert palate is anything like mine, that’s not always an easy thing to accomplish!). 

Pro Tip: Measure your tres leche cake ingredients ahead of time, to make sure that you have enough of everything you need before you begin baking.

Tres Leche Cake Ingredients 

These ingredients are fairly straightforward.

Swap out all of the dairy ingredients for non-dairy options, and use a vegan egg replacement if you want to make vegan tres leche cake!

Cake:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup milk, whole or 2%

Milk Syrup:

• 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
• 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting:

• 2 cups chilled heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract

Serving:

• Fresh fruit 
• Cinnamon and sugar mixture 

Top your tres leche cake with fresh fruit for a pop of color and added flavor!

How To Make Tres Leche Cake 

This is the BEST tres leche cake recipe and it’s super easy, too! 

First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Then, coat a 13×9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and dust with flour.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.

Then, in 2 small bowls, separate egg whites and yolks.

In a medium bowl, beat egg yolks with ¾ cup granulated sugar until pale yellow.

Next, stir in 1/3 cup milk and vanilla extract.

Add egg yolk mixture to flour mixture and stir gently to combine.

In a large bowl, beat egg whites at high speed until soft peaks form.

Gradually add ¼ cup sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.

Fold egg white mixture into batter gently just until combined.

Spread evenly in prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into middle of cake comes out clean.

Remove from oven and cool on wire rack

Place large mixing bowl and beater in freezer to chill for frosting

In my opinion, this is the yummiest part of tres leche cake!

How to Make Tres Leche Cake Milk Syrup

In a medium bowl, combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream, stir in cinnamon and vanilla extract until well combined. 

When cake is cool, poke small holes in cake using a fork or skewer.

Next, slowly drizzle milk syrup over cake, allowing it to soak in.

You will now need to use all of the milk mixture.

Set aside. 

Nothing beats homemade frosting, yum!

Making Tres Leche Cake Frosting 

First, remove bowl and beaters from freezer.

Next, add whipping cream to bowl and beat on high speed until soft peaks form.

Add powdered sugar and vanilla and continue beating on high speed until stiff peaks form.

Then, frost cake.

Serve immediately or place in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Store leftovers in refrigerator. 

You can make gluten free tres leche cake by swapping out only one ingredient!

How To Make Gluten Free Tres Leche Cake 

The only thing you will need to do to make gluten free tres leche cake, is to replace the flour with gluten free all-purpose flour! That’s it! As always, double check the ingredients of all processed ingredient labels to be sure the products are gluten free.

Yield: Serves 12

Tres leche cake is an easy and delicious cake recipe, made from simple pantry ingredients you most likely already have!

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes 35 seconds

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes 35 seconds

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar, divided
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ⅓ cup milk, whole or 2%
• Milk Syrup:
• 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
• 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
• ⅓ cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Frosting:
• 2 cups chilled heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
• Toppings:
• Fresh fruit
• Cinnamon and sugar mixture

Instructions

Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Coat a 13x9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and dust with flour.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt .
4. In 2 small bowl, separate egg whites and yolks.
5. In a medium bowl, beat egg yolks with ¾ cup granulated sugar until pale yellow.
6. Stir in ⅓ cup milk and vanilla extract.
7. Add egg yolk mixture to flour mixture and stir gently to combine.
8. In a large bowl, beat egg whites at high speed until soft peaks form.
9. Gradually add ¼ cup sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
10. Fold egg white mixture into batter gently just until combined.
11. Spread evenly in prepared pan.
12. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into middle of cake comes out clean.


Milk Syrup:

1. In a medium bowl, combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream, stir in cinnamon and vanilla extract until well combined.
2. When cake is cool, poke small holes in cake using a fork or skewer.
3. Slowly drizzle milk syrup over cake, allowing it to soak in.
4. You will now need to use all of the milk mixture.
5. Set aside 

Frosting:

1. Remove bowl and beaters from freezer.
2. Add whipping cream to bowl and beat on high speed until soft peaks form.
3. Add powdered sugar and vanilla and continue beating on high speed until stiff peaks form.
4. Frost cake.
5. Serve immediately or place in refrigerator until ready to serve.
6. Store leftovers in refrigerator 

Strawberry dessert lasagna is so delicious and actually very simple to make!

Delicious and Easy Dessert Recipes 

If your family is like mine, you can’t get enough desserts! Here are some more easy and delicious recipes to try: 

What’s your favorite cake recipe? 

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