How to Make Tres Leches Cake

Name: How to Make Tres Leches Cake
Prep time: 3 h 45 min
Cook time: 3 h 45 min
Total time: 3 h 45 min
Yield: 19
Cuisine: South American, Latin American
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 12 fluid ounces (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk; 237 milliliters half-and-half; 237 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 397 grams sweetened condensed milk; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 59 milliliters vegetable oil; 1 Tbsp vegetable shortening, or as needed; 237 milliliters cold water; 1 Tbsp white sugar, or to taste; 432 grams package yellow cake mix

How to Make Tres Leches Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 279 calories, 5g of protein, and 14g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 19. It is an inexpensive recipe for fans of South American food. A mixture of condensed milk, evaporated milk, half-and-half, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Generously grease a 10x15-inch baking pan with vegetable shortening.

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Vegetable Shortening

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Baking Pan

Oven

Combine yellow cake mix, eggs, water, vegetable oil, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer until very smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Scrape batter into the prepared baking pan. Smooth the top of the batter, shake pan, and tap lightly on counter 2 or 3 times to eliminate air bubbles.

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Vanilla Extract

Yellow Cake Mix

Vegetable Oil

Shake

Water

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Baking Pan

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 22 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Let cake cool in the pan at least 30 minutes. Poke holes all over the cake with a bamboo skewer or the handle of a wooden spoon.

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Wooden Spoon

Skewers

Frying Pan

Combine evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and half-and-half in a large bowl; slowly pour milk syrup all over the cake. Syrup will soak into cake. Wrap cake with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours (or preferably overnight).

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Evaporated Milk