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Premium Tres Leches Cake

Three forms of leche, or "milk," are poured over a baked cake to create its signature indulgence. Cake mix and ready-to-spread frosting make it easy. 

Premium Tres Leches Cake

BettyCrocker Recipe by BettyCrocker

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Prep Time

15min

Total Time

1hr55min

Servings

15servings

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Ingredients

  • 1  box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
  • 1 1/4  cups water
  • 1  tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2  teaspoons vanilla
  • 4  eggs
  • 1  can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
  • 1  cup whole milk or evaporated milk
  • 1  cup whipping cream
  • 1  container Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease and flour or spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan.

  2. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.

  3. Bake 29 to 35 minutes or until edges are golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes. Poke top of hot cake every 1/2 inch with long-tined fork, wiping fork occasionally to reduce sticking.

  4. In large bowl, stir together sweetened condensed milk, whole milk and whipping cream. Carefully pour evenly over top of cake. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until mixture is absorbed into cake. Frost with frosting.

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Tips & Notes

  • Did You Know?

    Typical yellow cake? Not! You'll savor a very moist cake that's been soaked in three full-flavored milks ("tres leches" in Spanish). The preparation is similar to a ""poke" cake, where a cake is first baked, then poked and a mixture poured over it. This cake can vary by region, having fruit or chocolate, but the three-milk soaking is the key to its authenticity.

  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):

    No change.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving:
  • 410
  • 18g (Saturated Fat 8g, Trans Fat 2 1/2g)
  • 85mg
  • 310mg
  • 58g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 44g)
  • 5g
  • Percent Daily Value*:
  • 6%
  • 0%
  • 15%
  • 4%
  • Exchanges:
  • 3 1/2
  • 3
  • 1
  • Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 4

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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