Tres Leches Cake with Cake Mix a Practical & Easy Three Milk Dessert Recipe Perfect for a Crowd

If you like 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐤𝐞, here is an easy recipe for this fabulous Latin dessert passed down to me by a Mexican friend who runs a food truck in Miami. I have always told him that he would do much better if he sold his Tres Leche Cake from his food truck. With that said, consider this a spoiler alert. I am not following the recipe 100% to the T! Why? As I have said in the past, I am not much of a baker, and making a cake from scratch is not my thing, so I will be making this tres leches using a box cake mix! Now there is no need to be disappointed if you are into baking. I will provide details on making a chiffon cake, the cake used in an authentic tres leches on my website at CubanRedneck.Com. If you are not familiar with Tres Leche Cake, this is a trendy dessert in Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. The 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 is three kinds of milk, and it describes the wet part of the dessert, which consists of a cake topped very similar to a chiffon cake topped with vanilla whipped cream soaked in a three milk sauce. Today, tres leches cake is a staple throughout the US in cities with large Latin communities like Miami, Tampa, and LA. As I said in the video, it took several tries to get the best 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐱. And the winner was Betty Crocker's super moist cake mix. I used the white variety in the video, but the vanilla works as well! However, I will be deviating a little from the recipe in the box. The way I made the cake resembles how you would make a chiffon cake rather than just an old bland white or vanilla cake. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐤𝐞 As mentioned earlier, this is a multi-part recipe where we need to bake a cake, then make a sauce, and then make a topping. As far as the cake is concerned, I'll be following the instructions on the box of the cake mix, with one exception! I need to separate the eggs and whip the whites into a meringue, which will get folded into your cake mix last! Another deviation from the instruction in the box is a tablespoon of vanilla extract. That is for the white type, and if you are using the vanilla type a little less. In other words, the Betty Crocker super moist cake mix calls for a cup of water, a ½ cup of vegetable oil, and three eggs. I separated the eggs, mixed the yolks, water, oil, and cake mix. Then whip the egg white to stiff peaks meringue, fold it into the cake mixture, and bake it for 32 minutes in a 9X13 baking dish. Once done, take it out of the oven and let it rest for one hour. After the cake becomes cool to the touch, we will trim about a ¼ from the perimeter and even out the top with a sharp knife. Now, if you have a 12X8 mold, you will get a more moist and overall better tres leches in you trim the cake to fit tight into a 12X8 mold. With a toothpick or skewer, punch holes in your cake every inch or so to allow the sauce to get absorbed. Some people use a fork for this, but I find that damages the cake too much. The next step is the sauce. In a medium-size mixing bowl, mix one can of sweetened condensed milk, one can of evaporated milk, 16 oz of heavy whipping cream, and one teaspoon of vanilla extract. Yes, I did not mention anything about diet! Mix everything well, pour it over your cake, cover it with aluminum foil and let it rest in the fridge for at least 6-8 hours. Overnight is even better! The following morning, your cake should be lovely a moist after absorbing the tres leches sauce. At which time, we will whip about a cup of heavy whipping cream with a splash of vanilla and a ¼ cup of sugar for our topping. Whip it into a frosting and dress an even layer on the top of the tres leches cake. The whipping of the cream is going to raise the temperature of the frosting a little. For best results place your tres leches back in the fridge for about an hour before serving! Some may say that the 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞 is one that is made with a vanilla chiffon cake from scratch and I partially agree. But that does not take anything away from this 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐱. My friends my name is JC, I thank you for watching and I look forward to seeing you in my next video! *NOTE: This is a 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐞 that is not overly sweet if you like it really sweet consider adding ½ cup of sugar you the sauce #TastyRecipes #Homemade #TresLechesCake #TresLeches #TresLechesCakeRecipes #TresLechesCakeRecipe #TresLechesCakeWithCakeMix #TresLechesWithCakeMix #Cook #Chef #Homemade #Foodie #FoodLover #Recipes #HomemadeCooking #HomemadeWithLove