Tres Leches Cake
Ingredients
- yellow cake (pick your favorite boxed cake OR make your own from scratch)
- 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
- 1 can (14 oz) condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 pint whipping cream
- 1 tbsp sugar
- cinnamon
How-to
Make The Cake
- Make the cake following box instructions. Preferably, bake it in a glass oven-proof baking dish
- Allow cake to cool to remove temperature. Once the cake is cool, poke holes all over with a fork
- Mix evaporated milk, condensed milk and vanilla in a bowl. (Optional: Add 1/4 cup of rum)
- Pour the mixture on top of the cake, stopping halfway to make sure liquid is being absorbed into the cake
- Place in refrigerator and let cool about 1 hour
Make the Whipped Cream
- With a mixer, blend the whipping cream (add sugar gradually to taste) until it forms peaks
Finish the Tres Leches
- Top the cake with the whipped cream
- Sprinkle with cinnamon
- Refrigerate again before serving