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Cinco De Mayo was a few days ago here and we had a blast making Mexican food. Of course we had to have dessert too. I love Tres Leche Cake. I needed it to be really easy though since I had been cooking all day long. So I came up with this quick and easy Semi-Homemade Tres Leche Cake recipe. I’ll share it with you too, K? Ok?
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Semi-Homemade Tres Leche Cake (Scroll down for a printable version.)
Cake:
-1 box yellow cake mix
-1/2 cup sour cream
-1 box pudding mix (I used cheesecake)
-2 eggs plus one egg yolk
-1/2 cup vegetable oil
-1 cup milk
Directions:
In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer in a medium bowl, mix all ingredients for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Pour into a 9×13 size cake pan that has been greased and floured. Bake at 325 degrees for about 30-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when poked into center of cake. Let cool completely.
Then with a fork poke holes all over the top of the cake for the glaze to seep into.
Milk glaze:
-1-14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
-1-12 oz can evaporated milk
-1 cup half and half
Directions:
Whisk together all ingredients and pour over the top of the cake.
Whipped Topping:
-2 cups whipping cream
-1/2 cup powdered sugar
-1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Whip cream with a whisk (preferably with a stand mixer or beater) until stiff peaks form. Add sugar and vanilla to taste. Spread over top of cake and refrigerate for at least 5 hours or overnight.
Serve right from the refrigerator and enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 box pudding mix (I used cheesecake)
- 2 eggs plus one egg yolk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup milk
- For the milk glaze:
- 1-14 oz can Sweetened condensed milk
- 1-12 oz can evaporated milk
- 1 cup half and half
- For the whipped cream topping:
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- In a stand mixer or with a hand beater in a medium bowl, mix all ingredients for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Pour into a 9x13 size cake pan that has been greased and floured.
- Bake at 325 degrees for about 30-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when poked into center of cake.
- Let cool completely.
- After the cake has cooled, use a fork poke holes all over the top of the cake for the glaze to seep into.
- Now for the glaze, whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and half and half.
- Pour it over the cake making sure it's seeping into the holes you created with the fork.
- For the whipped topping, whip the 2 cups heavy cream with a whisk (preferably with a stand mixer or beater) until stiff peaks form.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla to taste.
- Spread over top of cake and refrigerate for at least 5 hours or overnight.
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This looks so yummy!!
I made this cake for my nephews birthday and it was the best cake I ever made. P.s. I used plain greek yogurt instead of sour cream and it still came out great
I also screwed up by adding the sugar and vanilla to the whipping cream prior to whisking. I set my hand mixer to the highest setting and beat it for a good 5 minutes, maybe longer and it finally started to resemble whipped cream. Needless to say I was relieved!
Vanessa! I’m so glad it worked out for you. Thanks for the comment!
I am curious why sour cream what does that do for the cake?!
Hi Ashley, sour cream makes the cake really moist and gives it a really nice texture.
Tres Leches is one of my all time favorite desserts. I make mine from scratch but I would be very interested in trying this out (would make like easier)
A couple of tips / changes I would make. use heavy cream instead of the half and half (personal preference) the recipe that I use calls for the smae amount of the three milks I had to double it because it was too dry otherwise.
The last thing I would do is as soon as the cake comes out of the oven I poke the holes with a fork and pour the three milk sauce over the cake right away.. this just helped the cake soak up the milk easier. it may also be why I needed to double the the milks (not sure about that tho)
Oh last thing I like to do is sliced fruit on top. I’ve done both strawberries and blueberries.
What size baking dish do you use for the tres leches cake??
What size baking dish do you use for the tres leches cake??
9×13
Hi, I was wondering do you just dump the yellow cake mix in or do u have to add the ingredients requested in the box for the Yellow cake?
You use the cake mix with the ingredients listed. Do not use the ingredients on the box
This looks so good! Do you think it would work with a gluten free cake mix, like Betty Crocker’s?
Yes I think it would work just great!
I made this cake it came out great…every one loved it
just wondering how to turn it into a birthday cake.can u suggest on how to soak the cake and stack.
HI Nithya, I don’t think it would work as a stacked cake. Maybe in a trifle bowl like this one: http://amzn.to/2jy1EJ3 (affiliate link)
This was very good but the ingredients didn’t lid the size of the pudding. We used a large size. I thought everything was too sweet. My kids and grandkids loved it though Thanks for posting.
Hi I really love this recipe. Would you please tell me how to convert into chocolate tres leches?
Hi Lisa, I’ve never done that but I would assume you could use a chocolate cake mix instead of a white or yellow one!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made this recipe over the years, but every time I’ve made it, it’s been a hit! Even professed “not a dessert person”s will happily take seconds. Thank you do much for such a delicious dessert!
Thank you for taking the time to come here and leave this comment! I am so happy that you and your family love it!